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Allow Animated Cursor to Appear Outside the Video Frame

Feature Request

When recording screen interactions (especially in browsers), scrolling is typically done by dragging the scrollbar located at the far right edge of the screen.

Issue:

When the cursor is used to scroll via the scrollbar, the animated cursor gets cut off at the edge of the video. This seems to happen because the animated cursor is restricted to the visible area of the video, and any movement beyond that boundary is not shown, even though that edge is a common interaction zone like the scrollbar.

This becomes more noticeable when padding and a background are added around the video. The animated cursor still appears to be bound to the original recording area. As a result, the cursor gets clipped at the edge of the recording box, not the full visual frame that includes the padding and background.

Expected Behavior:

The animated cursor, should be able to:

  • Visually move beyond the captured video area so that it remains visible even when interacting with UI elements near the edges, like the scrollbar.

  • Be visible on top of the entire frame, including the padding and background, instead of being limited to the video content only.

Posted by Valority ·
Status: Completed3 comments

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  • Motion Software changed status to In Progress
    Team•

    Aug 1, 2025

    Pinned

    Hello Valority, this is Pablo from Motion.

    Firstly, thank you so much for providing such a detailed request for Motion Software. I totally agree with your feedback, and will work on it right away. Expect this to be released in v1.4.0 alongside other features such as:

    • Delete a Motion project.

    • Rename a Motion project.

    • Show the animated cursor beyond the captured video area.

    Once again, appreciate you taking the time to write this feedback.

    • Valority

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      Aug 1, 2025

      Hi Pablo

      Just wanted to say thank you for the incredibly fast response and for implementing the feature so quickly!

      I've tried several screen recorders like this for Windows, and Motion is by far the best experience I've had, so I had to subscribe to the Premium plan.

      Keep up the awesome work!

      Best,

      Valority

      • Motion Software

        Team•

        Aug 2, 2025

        Hello Valority,

        Pablo here again, I’m absolutely speechless. Thank you so much for supporting Motion Software, and being the very first customer!

        I started Motion 1.5 years ago, and today is a very special day as it marks the first big milestone for Motion, again, thank you so much for being part of this, and I promise to work as hard as possible to improve Motion as fast as possible while maintaining the high quality!

        Thank you.