1 files changed, 5 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/appearance/IconsTab.qml b/appearance/IconsTab.qml
index 908a003..c4d82ca 100644
--- a/appearance/IconsTab.qml
+++ b/appearance/IconsTab.qml
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ Flickable {
     contentHeight: col.implicitHeight
     clip: true
 
-    property string liveCursorCursor: ""
-    // Clicking a cursor card stages it; Apply commits. The hover preview above
-    // switches the real cursor and reverts, so staging must not be confused
-    // with it: pendingCursor survives unhover, liveCursorCursor does not.
+    // Clicking a cursor card stages it; Apply commits. There is deliberately no
+    // live hover preview: hyprctl setcursor is not a read-only switch, Hyprland
+    // persists the theme to org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme, so
+    // hovering wrote the setting and a close left the last hovered theme set.
+    // The four rendered shapes on each card are the preview.
     property string pendingCursor: ""
 
     Column {
@@ -143,21 +144,6 @@ Flickable {
                                 : current ? Qt.alpha(Theme.accent, 0.5)
                                 : "transparent"
 
-                    HoverHandler {
-                        onHoveredChanged: {
-                            if (hovered) {
-                                // Previews are already batched on open; hovering
-                                // only switches the real cursor and reverts it.
-                                liveCursorCursor = modelData;
-                                Quickshell.execDetached(["hyprctl", "setcursor", modelData,
-                                                         String(Icons.cursorSize)]);
-                            } else if (liveCursorCursor === modelData) {
-                                liveCursorCursor = "";
-                                Quickshell.execDetached(["hyprctl", "setcursor", Icons.currentCursor,
-                                                         String(Icons.cursorSize)]);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
                     MouseArea {
                         anchors.fill: parent
                         cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
@@ -215,9 +201,6 @@ Flickable {
                 selected: pendingCursor !== ""
                 enabled: pendingCursor !== ""
                 onClicked: {
-                    // The hover revert would otherwise fire on the way out and
-                    // set the old theme back over the one just applied.
-                    liveCursorCursor = "";
                     Icons.applyCursor(pendingCursor);
                     pendingCursor = "";
                 }
@@ -239,15 +222,4 @@ Flickable {
         }
     }
 
-    onVisibleChanged: if (!visible && liveCursorCursor !== "") {
-        Quickshell.execDetached(["hyprctl", "setcursor", Icons.currentCursor, String(Icons.cursorSize)]);
-        liveCursorCursor = "";
-    }
-
-    // A Loader destroys this item on tab switch or drawer close, and visible
-    // does not necessarily change first, so revert the real cursor here too.
-    Component.onDestruction: if (liveCursorCursor !== "") {
-        Quickshell.execDetached(["hyprctl", "setcursor", Icons.currentCursor, String(Icons.cursorSize)]);
-        liveCursorCursor = "";
-    }
 }