Cursor turns red in game and loses functionality

Vah Naboris·9/10/2018, 5:12:39 AM·10 votes·10,503 views

It's driving me insane and I'm about to just afk when it happens because the cursor gets stuck in a permanent mode as if I pressed A and was going to click and move. It renders it impossible for me to auto attack with my mouse right clicks, instead I have to actively press A and target something which is horrible in fights. On some champions like Irelia it's also impossible to use the E ability, and I can't open the shop unless I use the P hotkey.

21 Comments

Pätrïck2/5/2019, 10:32:28 PM11 votes

Hey, I dont know if all you you have have this problem resolved yet. But the solution is just to press the little key next to 1 This one ---> ` called tilde or the console key on any valve game

EnderKnight343/20/2019, 1:31:31 AM4 votes

I had the same problem. My solution was to disconnect and reconnect and it would be fixed but i recently found what causes the red cursor. the cursor is a setting called "target champions only" and is toggled on and off using the ( `/~ ) button which is right above the tab key or to the left of the '1' key. I think it somehow gets accidentally pressed when clicking the tab key. Hope this helps :D

Ludens Echoing12/15/2018, 10:27:08 PM2 votes

I have the same problem.

Lord Nugget9/21/2018, 7:41:44 PM2 votes

A friend of mine has the same problem, I have a feeling its some kind of keyboard shortcut and not a bug. Does anyone know the solution by now?

Ace Sly10/26/2018, 5:14:38 PM2 votes

I have the exact same problem, it's very annoying. Any solution? :/

Pat Mahomes II9/11/2018, 2:35:30 AM2 votes

Having the exact same issue as above

costello233/27/2019, 9:30:10 PM1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Vah Naboris,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=NEKsJefz,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-09-10T05:12:39.626+0000)

It's driving me insane and I'm about to just afk when it happens because the cursor gets stuck in a permanent mode as if I pressed A and was going to click and move. It renders it impossible for me to auto attack with my mouse right clicks, instead I have to actively press A and target something which is horrible in fights. On some champions like Irelia it's also impossible to use the E ability, and I can't open the shop unless I use the P hotkey.

Same here

Wulfbeer6/4/2019, 1:26:58 AM1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Vah Naboris,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=NEKsJefz,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-09-10T05:12:39.626+0000)

It's driving me insane and I'm about to just afk when it happens because the cursor gets stuck in a permanent mode as if I pressed A and was going to click and move. It renders it impossible for me to auto attack with my mouse right clicks, instead I have to actively press A and target something which is horrible in fights. On some champions like Irelia it's also impossible to use the E ability, and I can't open the shop unless I use the P hotkey.

So I figured out what it is that makes the cursor turn red and lose the functionality. Here is how you fix it. While in game. Under OPTIONS, GAME...scroll down and UNCHECK "Treat 'Target Champions Only" as a toggle. And that should fix the red cursor issues. Since I unchecked that option I have never gotten the red cursor again.

Also if your game loads sloooooooow after a game and takes forever for the post game screen to load, turn off hide client during game play. Loads much faster. Cheers!!!!!!!!

ShadowNightmare10/11/2019, 10:06:14 PM1 votes

It doesn't actually help for me pressing `, i can't even press that, only ´. And for me, the button next to 1, is this one:^ None of those work for me, and it doesn't seem to be bound to the keyboard, but I don't know where this originates from, only that I get in every 5th game or so. But what does help, at least temporarily: Restarting. Just Alt + F4, joining back in and it's back to normal.

EDIT: My man EnderKnight34 got it, he said: "I had the same problem. My solution was to disconnect and reconnect and it would be fixed but i recently found what causes the red cursor. the cursor is a setting called "target champions only" and is toggled on and off using the ( `/~ ) button which is right above the tab key or to the left of the '1' key. I think it somehow gets accidentally pressed when clicking the tab key. Hope this helps :D"

He was right!

CaptainPríce12/2/2019, 11:06:23 PM1 votes

Preseason patch 9.23 and i recently just got that problem with my cursor. I have the exact same problem and I have yet to find a solution for it. I tried reinstalling windows I even tried to reinstall the game hoping it would fix the issue, but it did not. If anyone knows the solution to this problem please let me know because im sick of losing lane because of a stupid bug.

truly kabuli1/17/2019, 3:11:55 PM1 votes

Still experiencing this

Kaboom2581/18/2019, 6:56:52 AM1 votes

i have the exact same problem and its driving me insane especially since im trying to grind to m5 xerath and cant land a single shot

Wulfbeer1/23/2019, 10:52:28 PM1 votes

Apparently the issue is still happening as I just had again. Riot? You listening????

Gtrolls1/24/2019, 9:21:56 AM1 votes

i have the same problem anyone found any solutions for it

D0wNhill2/1/2019, 10:18:58 PM1 votes

It happens to me as well, Here's some more info - I thought it was of the new cursor, so I opened settings and went to Interface then ticked the box saying "Legacy cursor" which allowed me to play with the old league cursor that I have never had this issue with (playing till season 3). But today when I played some URF the bug happened again with the legacy cursor !!! Instead of turning red like the new one it just kind of got highlited. I noticed that the bug occurs when you play a lot of "clicky champions". For example I played with Zed and Lux and I got the bug several times during the games but when I played shaco, I did not had the bug even once ! Please if anyone found solution - help and share it here. Edit: I know the bug is not from the computer because I played on 2 different machines, so its either the game or some weird combination that triggers this thing.