# Open Unreal 5 editor menus make my mouse lag **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started & Setup\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837 "2022-09-30T15:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![william2013987](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@william2013987](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/william2013987)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/1 "2022-09-30T15:42:20Z")
When I interact with unreal 5.0.3 main menus or short menu the mouse become very laggy , is there a solution to this ? I tried disabled all startup apps but did not work. ---
**Author:** ![opsedar](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@opsedar](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/opsedar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/2 "2022-10-18T01:00:23Z")
I’m having the same problems on both 5.03 & even 5.10 (Preview) versions. I thought something’s going on for the UE installed from the Epic Games Launcher & decided to use the source version. Same results still, every clicks on the Unreal Editor menu will cause this as well, even when there’s no shader compilations. Can you share your specs? I’m using Ryzen 5 3600, Radeon RX 6900xt with 32GB of RAM, last time I was using nvidia & was able to use the engine just fine previously. ---
**Author:** ![GabeThaGoat](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GabeThaGoat](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GabeThaGoat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/3 "2022-10-19T21:27:16Z")
Were you guys able to find a solution? I’m also having the same issues. I have a radeon card as well but i just bought a 4090 so once that arrives i’ll see if it’s only an AMD issue ---
**Author:** ![william2013987](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@william2013987](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/william2013987)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/4 "2022-10-23T18:49:23Z")
I think it is multimonitor problem. Using secondary monitor instead of primary solved the issue. ---
**Author:** ![GabeThaGoat](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GabeThaGoat](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GabeThaGoat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/5 "2022-10-25T21:19:24Z")
i just swapped out my rx 6700xt and put in the 4090 and unreal works smooth as butter now the issue is fixed for me ---
**Author:** ![william2013987](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@william2013987](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/william2013987)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/6 "2022-10-27T15:32:47Z")
but can it run solitaire ? 😀 we should all report this bug to AMD then ---
**Author:** ![opsedar](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@opsedar](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/opsedar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/7 "2022-11-02T02:23:44Z")
I’m using 21:9 ratio ultrawide monitor, yeah I think its because of scaling issue, as when I use the unreal editor in windowed mode instead of fullscreen no more mouse lag. ---
**Author:** ![GabeThaGoat](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GabeThaGoat](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GabeThaGoat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/8 "2022-11-09T15:28:41Z")
I’m also using an ultrawide but even with my AMD card the issue was still happening with my second monitor. With the Nvidia card my ultrawide runs no problem. Maybe we’re experiencing a similar symptom of different problems. ---
**Author:** ![opsedar](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@opsedar](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/opsedar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/9 "2022-11-09T15:42:48Z")
Perhaps AMD’s issue then, as my last RTX2070 Super works fine too. ---
**Author:** ![Encryption767](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Encryption767](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Encryption767)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/10 "2022-11-29T19:10:25Z")
Try disabling Radeon anti lag. Fixed it for me. ---
**Author:** ![magicBeast](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@magicBeast](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/magicBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/11 "2023-02-01T11:58:55Z")
Turning off Radeon anti-lag didn’t fix it for me. Turning off auto-hide on the windows 11 taskbar did though. ---
**Author:** ![Madioxx](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/madioxx/32/576473_2.png) [@Madioxx](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Madioxx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/12 "2023-06-15T18:24:00Z")
I’m having this problem now and I feel like it started after GeForce driver update. My second screen doesn’t have any issues, but the main screen does. ---
**Author:** ![mjl1966y](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@mjl1966y](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/mjl1966y)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/13 "2023-10-06T13:22:00Z")
Have same issue after installing 5.3.1. This is my first time playing with UE since many years ago. Installed fresh, got this mouse lag/menu flash thing. Set my side monitor as primary and then put UE in my middle monitor no longer set as primary and problem goes away. So, primary monitor bug. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![moffaclan](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/moffaclan/32/980320_2.png) [@moffaclan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/moffaclan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/14 "2023-11-03T18:26:45Z")
Found a fix for mouse lag on primary monitor; The issue (for me at least) seems to be related to having the UE editor maximized or in Fullscreen mode. Disabling Fullscreen mode and/or resizing my window manually caused the lag to go away. ---
**Author:** ![dimokol](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dimokol](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dimokol)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/15 "2023-11-03T18:43:58Z")
That is so weird… going off fullscreen fixes the lag for me aswell. Having the mouse lagging on the editor issue with UE 4.25.4 built from source. My guess is that it’s having issues utilizing my gpu (6700xt) cause it won’t go over 25% or so… Been messing with my gpu settings for a couple of days now. I once fixed it by enabling vsync but then there are some weird blacking out moments whenever I hover over settings… With the new drivers update as of yesterday vsync is not solving the mouse lagging part anymore but still has those weird screen blacking moments lol. ---
**Author:** ![Desoxi](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Desoxi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Desoxi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/17 "2024-01-15T09:26:13Z")
I’m on 5.3.2 and also just recently started again after a few years. But moving the editor to the second monitor or going off fullscreen mode all did not help ☹ This is really annoying to work with. I’m using a i9 14900 and a nvidia 4070. ---
**Author:** ![Cesarete](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Cesarete](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cesarete)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/18 "2024-01-22T22:05:43Z")
Same issue, … it fixes if I leave one of the windows (ie outliner) visible but in floatable windows mode… and do not minimize, it is very annoing but it works for me, also ( as somebody mentioned above) works if you use the editor in windows mode, not full screen (no need to have the outliner open in wondow floatable mode) … gygabyte radeon 6600 eagle, core i5 32G ram ---
**Author:** ![Krysez](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Krysez](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Krysez)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/19 "2024-10-19T00:25:48Z")
I had this issue bad and a previous poster here had the correct solution for me. Disable Auto Hiding the Taskbar ---
**Author:** ![Sailor\_Neptun](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Sailor\_Neptun](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Sailor_Neptun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/20 "2025-06-13T14:53:33Z")
Solved: I had the same exact problem! My task bar was set to automatically hide and that cause the my performance to crash while hovering certain UI elements. After disabling this option and having my Task Bar permanent showing my performance went back to normal! This is so bizarre. Why would that cause the problem?? ---
**Author:** ![ClipFailer](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ClipFailer](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClipFailer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837/21 "2026-01-01T14:54:36Z")
I downloaded the 5.6.1 engine and noticed that when I hover over the UI, the performance starts to sag a lot, although the scene is empty, the laptop is not loaded, this is noticeable when I hover back into the viewport and the fps stabilizes, what could be the problem? [Next page](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/open-unreal-5-editor-menus-make-my-mouse-lag/659837.md?page=2)