You may select one of the default colors or click on the 'pick a custom color' button to select a custom color. Pick a text color for the cursor indicator.Toggle the 'turn on text cursor indicator' option there to enable the feature (it should read on afterward).

Use Windows-I to open the Settings application.

You need to run the latest Windows 10 version 2020 Insider Build (at least).

The option adds a visible indicator to the text cursor to improve its visibility. Microsoft added a text cursor indicator option to the Settings application. The latest Windows 10 Insider Build for the first feature update release of 2020, aka the big one, features a new accessibility option. Classic options to change the size of the pointer and the thickness of it while typing remain available. Microsoft improved cursor visibility options in Windows 10 version 1903 by adding an option to the Settings application to change the pointer color on the system. BigType to magnify text, Auto Hide Mouse Cursor to hide the cursor, or TouchFreeze to disable the touchpad on the laptop when you type using the keyboard. There is, further, a large difference between reading off of reflected light (as in print) and transmitted light (as on a computer screen).īut all of those arguments aside, if a person wants vivid green lettering on a bright purple background - that is an entirely personal decision and should not be limited or constrained by the prejudices, however strong, of a software designer - at least not one that would like her or his product to be used and loved.Plenty of third-party accessibility tools exist for Windows, e.g. The reason books are black letters on white paper has everything to do with the properties of cellulose and ink, and nothing to do with ease on the eyes. I (and a large community of computer users) find darker backgrounds with light letters easier on the eyes. I would greatly appreciate a cursor that would match the color of the text, and respectfully ask for that upgrade to be made. I also prefer a black background, have always used one in Texniccenter, and the inability to see the cursor in Alpha (which is an otherwise wonderful program) is more or less a deal breaker.

That is quite an unnecessarily dismissive reply.

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