Steps to reproduce

• Start magnifier
• Open Magnifier options
• Check "Keep mouse pointer centered in magnifier view"
• Uncheck "Follow mouse"
• Validate
• Move the mouse

Actual behavior

The mouse cannot be moved. This is very surprising and unexpected.

Expected behavior

I am not 100% sure of the best experience here so this may be discussed. But in any case, the mouse should be movable.

I guess the best option is:

• Upon focus / text caret / nav object / review cursor update, the mouse is recentered.
• Upon mouse move, the keep mouse centered option is ignored, i.e. the view does not move (to honor follow mouse off) and the mouse can move away from the center of the view.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source

Source

NVDA version

Last beta (source-beta-4b29421 (2026.2.0.0))

Windows version

Windows 11 23H2 (AMD64) build 22631.6783

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue

N/A

Other information about your system

N/A

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Not tested

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors

No

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the System Accessibility Repair Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Not tested