bug: Mouse does not change to appropriate Hand cursor type while hovering - Flet 0.82.2

[Amarius1]

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Describe the bug

I am using a fresh environment with just Flet packages installed and was testing the newest Flet 0.82.2.

I noticed that any controls which used to change the mouse on hover to the expected "hand" cursor type no longer do so, even if just a single button is added to the page.

Not sure if this is a bug or an intended change but I have not experienced the same issue with 0.28.3.

Code sample

Code

async def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "RigFire"  
    page.vertical_alignment = ft.MainAxisAlignment.START
    page.theme_mode = ft.ThemeMode.LIGHT
    page.padding = 0
    page.window.icon = f"../Media/app_icon.ico"
    page.bgcolor = ft.Colors.ON_INVERSE_SURFACE
    page.window.bgcolor = ft.Colors.TRANSPARENT
    page.window.title_bar_hidden = False
    page.window.maximized = True
    page.platform = ft.PagePlatform.WINDOWS
    # Setup logic
    #await masterProcess(page)
    
    # Initialize Manager
    #manager = ViewManager(page)
    
    # Kickstart the UI
    #await manager.route_change(None)
    page.add(ft.Button('Test'))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ft.run(main)

To reproduce

Add any button-like component and hover over it.

Expected behavior

Mouse cursor should turn from Pointer to Hand.

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Operating System

Windows

Operating system details

Windows 11

Flet version

0.82.2

Regression

Yes, it used to work in a previous Flet version (please specify the version in additional details)

Suggestions

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Logs

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Additional details

Last worked as expected (to my knowledge) on Flet 0.28.3

[Greygar724665]

I do not think this is a bug.
At the very least, for buttons there's an attribute called 'mouse_cursor'.

mouse_cursor=ft.MouseCursor.CLICK
This changes the cursor to the Hand Clicking one.

You can find all ft.MouseCursor's here:
https://docs.flet.dev/types/mousecursor/

[Amarius1]

I do not think this is a bug. At the very least, for buttons there's an attribute called 'mouse_cursor'.

mouse_cursor=ft.MouseCursor.CLICK This changes the cursor to the Hand Clicking one.

You can find all ft.MouseCursor's here: https://docs.flet.dev/types/mousecursor/

Doesn't seem like that is an available property for buttons or at least not anymore: https://docs.flet.dev/controls/button/

Is that done today only through the GestureDetector wrapper control?

[ndonkoHenri]

It is an upstream Flutter behavior change that Flet inherited when we moved from Flutter 3.24.3 (used by Flet v0.28.3) to 3.41.4 (used by Flet v0.82.2). Between those versions, Flutter landed PR #171796 on October 23, 2025: “[Material] Change default mouse cursor of buttons to basic arrow instead of click (except on web)”. That PR explicitly changed Material buttons from hand cursor to arrow on native desktop.

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To set the mouse cursor in buttons, use the style property:

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.add(
        ft.Button(
            "Sample",
            style=ft.ButtonStyle(mouse_cursor=ft.MouseCursor.MOVE),
        )
    )

Let know if you have additional concerns.