On Saturday 12 July 2025 14:53:51 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote: > On 2025-07-12 00:50:58 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote: > > Hi Bill! > > > > Anno domini 2025 Fri, 11 Jul 15:44:34 -0700 > > > > William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > > On Friday 11 July 2025 04:23:23 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > Is there a way to change the text cursor in TDEs text input fields? I > > > > have the naging problem, that the cursor is 1px wide and thus barely > > > > visible on HDPI displays. In an ideal world I could change that to a > > > > blinking block cursor or at least to a wider bar cursor. Did anybody > > > > coma across a way to do that in TDE? > > > > > > > > Nik > > > <snip> > Yes, this is a significant problem for me as well in Kate, Kmail and other > GUI applications. I have been intending to look into modifying the cursor > package (Control Center => Peripherals => Mouse, Cursor Theme tab) if I can > figure out where it is stored. > > Leslie I believe maybe this takes us back to the Trinity Control Center: TCC > Appearance & Themes > Fonts and other settings for dialogs, menus, input fields, etc. However, you can only change colors, styles, fonts, etc., to make it more legible. The size of the cursor in those places cannot be changed, so far as I know. You could perhaps try changing font sizes, to see if this makes any difference; but I think those fonts are inside the main window of the Trinity application in question (Kate, Kmail, Konqueror ...), and changing their sizes will have no effect on the dialogs, menus and input fields. You can make it more legible by changing contrast. This is why setting my colors took me weeks and maybe even months, almost 20 years ago now; I was trying to find a balance. Colors that contrast nicely in one location may not play well in a different location. But to return to the main question, how to change the size of the cursor: that might not be found in the user's config files, or anywhere in opt; but rather probably exists in a folder of system images, probably in /usr or /etc or some location like that, and cannot be easily changed. Images that are used for system functions like input fields and address bars are most likely installed in batches when you install your OS. They are not intended to be touched or modified or deleted by the user. Since we run GNU/Linux, though, silly rules like that don't apply to us. Somebody mentioned bitmap images. I did try searching my system for .bmp files, but I would need to narrow the search terms to find anything meaningful. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
