Windows 10: Change Text Cursor Indicator Color in Windows 10

How to: Change Text Cursor Indicator Color in Windows 10

How to Change Text Cursor Indicator Color in Windows 10


The cursor is that blinking line at the end of what you are typing in Windows.

Have you ever had an issue finding the text cursor in the middle of a large amount of text, during a presentation, or on the screen in an educational setting?

Starting with select from a range of sizes for the text cursor indicator and make it a color easy for you to see. Or, personalize the color of your text cursor indicator to your personal preference.

Known issues

• Text cursor indicator color and size might not persist when you sign in. To work around that, simply turn off and turn on the Use text cursor indicator setting again.
• Occasionally, you might see that the text cursor indicator stay on the screen or reappear after the app has been closed or the page contents have scrolled away.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18956, changes to the text cursor indicator can now be viewed on the fly in a new preview pane when changing the size or color in the Text cursor page in Ease of Access.

This tutorial will show you how to change the text cursor indicator color to a custom color of your choice for your account in Windows 10.



Tip The current text cursor indicator color is stored in the IndicatorColor DWORD value for the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Accessibility\CursorIndicator



CONTENTS:

• Option One: Select a Suggested Text Cursor Indicator Color in Settings
• Option Two: Pick a Custom Text Cursor Indicator Color in Settings

EXAMPLE: Text cursor indicator









OPTION ONE [/i] Select a Suggested Text Cursor Indicator Color in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

2. Click/tap on Text cursor on the left side, and click/tap on a Suggested text cursor indicator color you want to select (check) under the Use text cursor indicator section on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] Pick a Custom Text Cursor Indicator Color in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

2. Click/tap on Text cursor on the left side, and click/tap on Pick a custom text cursor indicator color under the Use text cursor indicator section on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Select a color you want. (see screenshot below)



4. Adjust the slider to customize the selected color, and click/tap on Done when the current color indicator is what you want. (see screenshot below)





Tip If you would like to enter a known RGB or HSV color value for your custom color instead, click/tap on More, select RGB or HSV, enter the custom color values, and click/tap on Done.







5. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator in Windows 10
• How to Change Text Cursor Indicator Size in Windows 10
• How to Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Windows
• How to Change Text Cursor Thickness in Windows 10

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• Do you want to change the taskbar's color or the taskbar's text color?

If you want to change the taskbar's color, follow the steps below:

• Go to Settings and select Personalization.
• Select Color.
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• Turn "Show color on Start, taskbar, action center, and title bar" On.

If you want to change the taskbar's text color, follow the steps below:

• Go to Settings and select Personalization.
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I hope this helps you. If you have any further queries, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.



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I have tried all of the regular steps, highlighting the text and selecting white from both the text palate and the text color shortcuts, "color 1 and color 2" that appear in the tools section. Neither works.

Please help.

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Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

In Windows 10 there is no option for changing the color to white but you can change it to different colors. To change the color of the task bar I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• In the search box, type settings.
• Then select personalization.
• Click on color option on the left side.
• You will find an option called “show color on start, taskbar and start icon”.
• You need to on the option and then you can change the color accordingly.

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The challenge that you are experiencing with your Microsoft Paint can occur due to several reasons, such as, corrupted app files, missing app files, etc. To better assist you, kindly answer the following questions:

• When did the issue start? Have you made any changes to your computer before the issue started?
• Is the issue only happening when you're trying to apply colors on texts?
• What are the exact troubleshooting steps that you've taken so far? This is for us to avoid providing the same steps.

We look forward to your response.