[Tip] Turn On and Customize Text Cursor Indicator in Windows 10

Newer versions of Windows 10 operating system come with a new and very useful accessibility (ease of access) feature called Text Cursor Indicator. This feature helps users in finding the text cursor quickly and easily while typing a document in a program such as Notepad, Microsoft Word, web browsers, etc.

By default the text cursor is shown very small in size. It just shows a very thin line and some users may face difficulties in finding the text cursor while typing documents.

To help such users, Microsoft introduced Text Cursor Indicator feature in Windows 10 which shows a colored indicator at the top and bottom of the text cursor which makes it extremely easy to see the cursor in large documents.

Following screenshot shows Text Cursor Indicator live in action in Notepad in Windows 10:

If you also want to turn on and enable Text Cursor Indicator feature in Windows 10, following steps will help you:

1. Open Settings app from Start Menu or by pressing WIN+I keys together.

2. Now click on “Ease of Access” section.

3. In left-side pane, click on “Text Cursor” section.

4. Now in right-side pane, you’ll see several options to enable and customize text cursor indicator size, color, thickness, etc.

First of all, to turn on and enable Text Cursor Indicator, set the toggle button given below “Turn on text cursor indicator” option to ON.

It’ll immediately activate text cursor indicator feature in your Windows 10 device.

Now you can customize or adjust the text cursor indicator size by moving the slider. You can adjust the size up to 5 points.

Next you can change text cursor indicator color. You can select from the given colors list or choose a desired color using “Pick a custom color” button.

At last, you can adjust text cursor appearance. You can modify text cursor thickness according to your requirements using the given slider.

In future, if you want to disable text cursor indicator feature, simply set the toggle button to OFF and it’ll turn off text cursor indicator in your Windows 10 machine.

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