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Windows Full Screen Magnifier with “Keep the mouse pointer: Centered on the screen”
can jump between canvas boundaries while the mouse moves over document text.
The ribbon pans normally and caret tracking while typing works. This change keeps
WordCraft's contrasting I-beam visible as a native RGBA cursor instead of hiding
the native pointer and painting its replacement in the canvas.

Reproduction and evidence

Enable Full Screen Magnifier at 400%, centered-pointer tracking, with mouse,
keyboard-focus, text-cursor and Narrator tracking enabled. Move ribbon → ordinary
document text → ribbon without typing or clicking. The original implementation
produces abrupt canvas panning. “Within the edges of the screen” is a confirmed
workaround; other tracking options need not be disabled.

A controlled v0.13.2 original/disabled/original comparison produced jumps with the
original pointer, smooth panning with only drawn_ibeam: false, and returning
jumps with the original executable restored. Target processes and actual 400%
magnification were verified. This implicates pointer replacement; it does not
isolate hiding, painting or update timing, or prove Magnifier's internal mechanism.

The native RGBA prototype passed human checks on Windows 10 at 100% display scale:
light/dark paper, I-beam visibility, ribbon transitions, ordinary text selection,
table cell/row/column selection, border resizing and pointer restoration. The user
reported smooth panning with no observed flicker, lag or positioning issue. These
results belong to the v0.13.2 prototype, not the integrated upstream executable.

Implementation and integration

  • Rasterize WordCraft's original black/white outlined I-beam geometry at egui's
    pixels-per-point, with whole-pixel strokes and a central hotspot.
  • Cache up to eight immutable DPI/contrast variants. Keep CursorIcon::Text;
    do not hide the OS pointer or paint an I-beam into the GPU canvas.
  • Clear the sticky custom image at each Windows frame's start and when another
    cursor choice or pointer exit takes precedence. Non-Windows production frame
    paths keep their existing behavior.
  • Preserve selection, focus, accessibility and caret geometry, including Accessibility: Windows Magnifier follows the caret onto a new line (#1119) #1247's
    empty-line Magnifier correction. No a11y.rs, dependency, lockfile, workflow or
    document-schema changes are introduced relative to the integrated main.

Normal merge 9d60f8769a2a8fb4e7be186186228464e540bbcb integrates main
729cd0a5fc953bbedbfdec4f6af18ad6d1780b3b while preserving the feature commit
eec380021e7a3c168f5e749a22d54bfcac00a4f6. Documentation conflicts in ROADMAP,
gaps and UI parity retain both sides' progress entries and main's status-bar
changes. Readiness estimates are unchanged. The delta to this main is six files:
three UI implementation/test files and three required progress documents.

November 14 integration and validation

Merge d2851cea integrates 93 upstream commits through 669d5df0, including the craft-libs migration. Only ROADMAP, gaps and UI parity required conflict resolution. The Windows cursor implementation, frame hooks and regression assertions carried forward. The previous integrated human PASS applies to 9d60f876; the zoom during that test is unknown.

On Windows with Rust 1.99.1, formatting, app/UI all-targets Clippy, the previously affected MCP lint target, the Windows release build and the 15-crate WASM check passed. The full Vulkan UI suite passed 1,245 tests (3 ignored), including the empty-line Magnifier caret and Format Painter regressions. Layout passed 717 tests (2 ignored) on both the integrated tree and untouched 669d5df0.

Full local CI still stops at Windows workspace Clippy on unused xtask imports Counts and walk. Untouched 669d5df0 reproduced that diagnostic, the French proofing assertion, and the Direct3D dragged-shape access violation (0xc0000005). The same graphics test passed under Vulkan on the integrated tree. No PR-specific failure was identified. The pinned backend can retain a previous cursor if native allocation fails and exposes no failure signal to WordCraft. Live fractional and mixed DPI, enlarged/custom pointers and High Contrast remain open.

November 9 maintainer follow-up

Commit 7aac2b8 integrates main through 7b8c0ba and fixes all three reported Clippy diagnostics using fixed-size RGBA chunks. Windows Rust 1.99.1 reproduced the old-head errors and passed the repaired Printing command in a fresh target directory: cargo clippy -p wordcraft -p wordcraft-ui-egui --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings. The same diagnostics stopped all three previous hosted Printing jobs at linting. Hosted checks on the new SHA determine platform results.

Full local Windows CI still stops in workspace Clippy on the xtask test imports Counts and walk, used only on Unix. Rust 1.99.1 reproduced this on untouched 7b8c0ba. Formatting passed. On Windows with Rust 1.97.1, the Vulkan UI suite passed 1,194 tests (three ignored), including the strengthened Format Painter test, and release and WASM builds passed. The existing human acceptance report applies to 9d60f87.

November 6 validation of 9d60f87

Integrated tree: cacbfa765e102a0c093be57894063e980843a458. Inputs:
craft-i18n 1e515422afdda2f317af430c1f9d68a5f83935b4, craft-fonts
b076417b5880bd4154bd22f00695b1d28c6bea83.

  • Formatting, Windows release build, WASM compilation, doctests, translation
    audit, language checks, asset licensing and layer checks passed. Release was
    checked again after the merge commit for acceptance-build provenance.
  • Complete integrated UI library suite under WGPU_BACKEND=vulkan: 1,140
    passed, 3 existing ignored
    , one translation audit filtered and run separately
    through cargo xtask i18n-report. Includes nine cursor and six unchanged
    accessibility regressions, canvas/table/resize and Format Painter tests.
  • Simulated native DPI 100% → 125% → 150% → 100% verifies bitmap dimensions,
    hotspot, cache reuse/limits/context isolation, contrast and cursor clearing.
    It does not establish live Windows scaling or OS allocation-failure behavior.
  • Workspace testing completed but failed: engine 1,238 passed/1 failed;
    layout 655 passed/4 failed. Fresh runs on untouched current main reproduce
    the same assertions and counts. Failures are listed below.
  • The runner's workspace-wide Vulkan override also affected desktop
    windows_default_initializes_only_dx12. Re-running the preserved integrated
    desktop binary with the override removed passed 62 tests, 1 existing ignored.
    This was a diagnostic environment error; no source change or exclusion was made.
  • Full cargo xtask ci stopped at unused helper names in
    crates/mcp/tests/automation_roots.rs:211; fresh untouched-main Clippy reproduces
    it. Clippy passes with --workspace --all-targets --exclude wordcraft-mcp -- -D warnings. This excludes all MCP package targets, not only the failing test.
  • objects::tests::a_dragged_shape_leaves_the_text_behind_it exits 0xc0000005
    under dx12 on both integrated and untouched-current-main test binaries. The
    base Vulkan comparison and integrated full Vulkan suite pass. Its underlying
    driver/backend cause remains unresolved.

Reproduced current-main engine/layout failures:

  • tests::review_language_validates_tags_and_marks_text_unchecked (French
    proofing reports an issue where the test expects none).
  • tests::a_float_anchored_on_a_line_a_footnote_pushes_on_is_drawn_on_the_next_page.
  • tests::a_float_anchored_on_a_line_widow_control_takes_on_is_drawn_on_the_next_page.
  • tests::a_footnote_pushed_on_by_a_float_coming_back_is_on_its_reference_s_page_only.
  • tests::pages::a_page_ends_when_a_multiple_spaced_lines_text_no_longer_fits.

No unrelated MCP, engine, layout or graphics code was changed to obtain green
checks. Full CI and workspace commands remain failed; component results do not
mean full CI passed. No patch-specific failure was found in these comparisons.
Historical results remain separate: the v0.13.2 prototype passed 26 targeted
tests; the original upstream feature branch passed 1,118 UI tests before this
integration. Neither is substituted for the fresh results above.

Review gates and rollback

The November 8 CI and three-platform Printing failures on the original head are addressed in the follow-up below. SonarCloud passed on that head.

  • Integrated human acceptance, November 6, 2026. The user manually tested the
    open acceptance window on 9d60f87 and reported “All tested interactions
    passed,” with no observed regressions. The running executable matched the release
    manifest, SHA-256 9C9DB6AE23FD199E5FE8F0CB947104F09B273FFBD1F0F0C154BB4AEB6FDAC91F.
    The user supplied an overall PASS. Individual outcomes for panning, light/dark
    visibility, hotspot/restoration, editing and selection, table modes and resizing,
    Format Painter, and keyboard focus/caret remain inconclusive individually.
  • The launch and post-report readings both showed Windows 10 at 100% display
    scale and 96 DPI on a 2560 × 1440 display. Magnifier measured 600% at launch
    and 400% after the report. The post-report settings indicated centered pointer
    tracking and all four tracking options enabled. The manual test fell between
    the two captures, so its exact Magnifier zoom and tracking mode are unverified.
  • Live 125%/150% scaling remains pending, through manual Windows settings with a
    measured return to 100%. Enlarged pointers, custom colors, High Contrast and
    mixed-monitor DPI remain unverified. The RGBA bitmap does not automatically
    inherit Windows pointer preferences, as the old painted replacement did not.
  • The pinned backend owns successful cursor handles with RAII. Native OS cursor
    creation failure is opaque to the app and can retain a previous cursor. Invalid
    bitmap validation is distinct from this failure: a correctly shaped, visible,
    high-contrast fallback after OS allocation failure is not guaranteed. It
    needs backend support/acceptance before production readiness; no broad backend
    redesign or false fallback claim is included here.
  • Longer lifecycle/resource validation and other desktop-platform acceptance
    remain outstanding. Existing table-selector software-pointer paths are retained.

The integrated report and base comparisons support formal maintainer review.
Review against the original visibility correction (#2230 / #1746) as well as the
Magnifier evidence. Rollback reverts this UI-only feature, restoring the previous
pointer behavior without document or preference migration. Before merge, please
assess the native failure behavior and agree on the remaining accessibility
compatibility checks. The PR is open for maintainer review.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • On Windows, the text cursor now uses a contrasting native image that Magnifier can track in the tested configuration.
  • Documentation
    • Updated cursor testing notes, expanded the documented modal-dialog inventory from 56 to 63, and clarified that explicit Sepia and Inverse page colors override the screen paper-color preference.
  • Notes
    • Testing covered Windows 10 at 100% display scale with Magnifier at 400%. Fractional display scaling, accessibility-preference combinations, and some native cursor creation cases remain unverified. Caret accessibility behavior is unchanged.

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Windows now uses a cached native RGBA I-beam image while retaining the Text cursor. Frame hooks manage the image lifecycle. Tests cover cursor behavior, caching, and scale handling. Documentation records prototype results and remaining validation gaps.

Changes: Windows native I-beam cursor

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native cursor image and lifecycle
crates/ui-egui/src/ibeam.rs
Windows supplies a cached RGBA I-beam image while retaining the Text cursor. Tests cover contrast, dimensions, hotspot, DPI changes, caching, and image clearing.
Frame integration and validation
crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tests.rs, ROADMAP.md, docs/gaps.md, docs/ui-parity.md
window_ui calls the I-beam frame hooks. Canvas tests cover native cursor selection and Format Painter states. Documentation records prototype conditions and remaining validation cases.

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Change: Bug fix

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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 15dee

This change shows a native I-beam cursor on Windows to avoid Magnifier viewport jumps. No concrete merge-blocking defect was identified. Live fractional-DPI scaling and accessibility-preference validation are still outstanding, which the PR's own documentation already records.

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crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tests.rs: 1

1075-1079: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Make the Format Painter and selection-bar assertions run on every platform.

WordApp::new sets canvas.drawn_ibeam to crate::ibeam::DRAWN. That value is false outside Windows. On Linux and macOS CI, ibeam::replace never runs in this test. The new cursor_image.is_none() assertions on Lines 1079 and 1085 pass without testing anything. The message "the I-beam must not mask Format Painter" is therefore not enforced there.

Set the flag in the test setup (before the harness is built) so the test exercises the native-image path on every platform:

    let mut a = WordApp::new(wordcraft_engine::Session::new(wordcraft_doc::Document::new()), Default::default());
    a.canvas.drawn_ibeam = true;

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Update the test setup before building the harness so the WordApp canvas has
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I found no P1/P2 in the code. The cursor is an original, code-drawn I-beam, sizes are clamped, the cache is bounded at 8 per context, and there's no unsafe. The Windows-only hooks compile out elsewhere, and the image is cleared for non-Text icons, for a pointer that has left the window and for bad geometry.

I'm leaving this for a maintainer to try on Windows with Magnifier before it lands, because the fix can only be seen there.

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  1. The 2026-11-05 ROADMAP.md entry says the experiment "isolated" the jumps, while the description says it doesn't isolate the cause. The same claim is in the ibeam.rs module doc; "associated" would be accurate.
  2. docs/ui-parity.md:62 states that it "stays visible to Windows Magnifier's mouse tracking" as fact. It has only been seen in the v0.13.2 prototype at 100% scale, so please qualify it.
  3. canvas/tests.rs (~1075-1085): drawn_ibeam is false on Linux and macOS, so the new cursor_image.is_none() asserts pass without testing anything there. Set a.canvas.drawn_ibeam = true in that test.
  4. Question: does the egui fork's backend skip setting an identical CustomCursorImage every frame, or does it recreate the OS cursor each time?

ROADMAP.md, docs/gaps.md and docs/ui-parity.md conflict with main (docs only).

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Requesting changes: CI fails on 9d60f87. The gate fails at clippy because wordcraft-ui-egui doesn't compile its lib tests ("3 previous errors", run 42291580980), and the Print jobs fail on all three platforms. Please run cargo xtask ci (or at least cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings) locally, fix the errors, and push. I haven't reviewed the code itself yet. I'll review it once the gate is green.

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Fixed the three reported cursor lints in 7aac2b8. I reproduced them on the old head with Rust 1.99.1. The exact Printing app/UI Clippy command now passes on Windows with 1.99.1. All three prior Printing jobs stopped at that lint step. The full Windows workspace gate still hits unrelated Unix-only test imports (Counts and walk in xtask/src/stats.rs:113), reproduced on untouched 7b8c0ba. The Vulkan UI suite passed all 1,194 executed tests on Rust 1.97.1, including the strengthened Format Painter regression. Release and WASM builds passed. New hosted checks will supply the platform-specific results.

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@benandez Thanks for the review. 7aac2b8 fixes the three Clippy errors you flagged, and the Printing app/UI Clippy command now passes locally on Windows with Rust 1.99.1. The new CI, Printing and SonarCloud runs are sitting at action_required, so they need a maintainer to approve them before they'll start. Could you approve the workflow runs when you get a chance? I'm happy to fix anything they turn up.

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Integrated upstream main a42c9ea in 6f5fb9c. The only conflict was in the UI parity history. The Windows cursor implementation and its tests are unchanged. CI, Printing and SonarCloud passed on the previous head (15deed0). All three new runs currently require maintainer authorization and have zero jobs.

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