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Change Text Cursor Indicator Size in Settings

How to Change Text Cursor Indicator Size 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 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 size to be smaller or larger for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Text Cursor Indicator Size in Settings
• Option Two: Change Text Cursor Indicator Size using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Text cursor indicator sizes 1 (small) to 5 (large)




















OPTION ONE

Change Text Cursor Indicator Size 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 adjust the Change text cursor indicator size slider to the size 1 (small) to 5 (large) you want 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

Change Text Cursor Indicator Size using a REG file
*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Accessibility\CursorIndicator

IndicatorType DWORD

1 = Size 1 (small)
2 = Size 2
3 = Size 3
4 = Size 4
5 = Size 5 (large)
1. Do step 2 (size 1), step 3 (size 2), step 4 (size 3), step 5 (size 4), or step 6 (size 5) below for the size you want.


2. To Change Text Cursor Indicator Size to 1
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.

Change_text_cursor_indicator_size_to_1.reg





3. To Change Text Cursor Indicator Size to 2
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.

Change_text_cursor_indicator_size_to_2.reg





4. To Change Text Cursor Indicator Size to 3
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.

Change_text_cursor_indicator_size_to_3.reg





5. To Change Text Cursor Indicator Size to 4
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.

Change_text_cursor_indicator_size_to_4.reg





6. To Change Text Cursor Indicator Size to 5
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.

Change_text_cursor_indicator_size_to_5.reg




7. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

8. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

9. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

10. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

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

 

Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator in Settings

How to Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator 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 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.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the text cursor indicator for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator in Settings
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Text cursor indicator











OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator 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 turn on or off (default) Turn on text cursor indicator for what you want 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

Turn On or Off Text Cursor Indicator using a REG file
*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the string value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Accessibility

Configuration string value

(blank) = Off
cursorindicator = On
1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On Text Cursor Indicator
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_text_cursor_indicator.reg





3. To Turn Off Text Cursor Indicator
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_text_cursor_indicator.reg




4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. sign in to fully apply.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Change Text Cursor Indicator Size in Windows 10
• How to Change Text Cursor Indicator Color in Windows 10
• How to Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Windows
• How to Change Text Cursor Thickness in Windows 10

 

Select a Suggested Text Cursor Indicator Color in Settings

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

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

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