How do I increase the size of my mouse pointer?

cordx · 06-27-2020, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by questionsBot

I do not seem to have any of those directories?

There was ~/.config/gtk-3.0 and ~/.config/gtk-2.0 but they didn't have any ini files in them.

I couldn't see a "Xcursor?

~/.gtkrc-2.0 is not a directory, but a hidden file (often listed after hidden and regular directories in pcmanfm) in your home directory. neither the .Xdefaults (seems like it might be deprecated) nor Xcursor settings had any effect on my system.

i was able to change the shape and color of my mouse pointer (via a theme) with lxappearance. doing so changed both ~/.gtkrc-2.0 as well as the .ini file in the 3.0 directory. my assumption would be that ondoho is correct that if you want a larger cursor, you need to find a theme that provides them.

in addition to the ones listed by teckk, these are also available:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?k...ic&section=all

ondoho · 06-28-2020, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by questionsBot

yeah.. I'm asking how you do that.

either
create your own cursor theme
or
install another cursor theme

and make it the current one with one of the methods already described.

teckk · 06-28-2020, 05:27 AM

Quote:

I do not seem to have any of those directories?

Some use ~/.Xresources instead of ~/.Xdefaults
Xdefaults is older. Looks like most Display managers use ~/.Xresources

~/.Xdefaults

Code:

Xft.dpi: 100
Xcursor.theme: default
Xcursor.size: 40
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: white
XTerm*faceName: Monospace
XTerm*faceSize:  14
xpdf*geometry: 1000x1000
xcalc.ti.button3.label: SQRT
xcalc.ti.button16.label: PI
...

~/.gtkrc-2.0 is the configuration file for gtk2. You can specify theme, font, cursers in it

Code:

gtk-icon-theme-name="Tangerine"
gtk-theme-name="gtk2theme"
gtk-font-name = "Sans 14"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=40
...

~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

Code:

[Settings]
gtk-icon-theme-name = Tangerine
gtk-theme-name = gtk3theme
gtk-font-name = Sans 14
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = true
gtk-cursor-theme-size = 40
...

enigma9o7 · 06-28-2020, 11:37 AM

FYI, on bodhi, I did have ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini but it only had one setting in it, and probably something I set in a gtk-app somewhere? If you dont have it, you can probably create it.

Code:

[Settings]
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=0

questionsBot · 06-28-2020, 10:18 PM

still not able to change mouse theme...

I have lexperince installed like people said.. I loaded it and downloaded a few icon packs to test, unarchived them into users/shared/icons and can see them in the options... hit apply.. nothing happens.

The only thing I can seem to see that effects it is the mouse options in bodhi settings itself, with the scale slider... but I can not see how to change the icons there to larger bitmaps.

cordx · 06-28-2020, 10:48 PM

for the record, my changed cursor is not a whole lot bigger than the bodhi default. i still think you would have to find a theme that is specifically larger for that to change.

that being said, i didn't document how i changed mine very well. i notice when i open lxappearance and click on the button to install a new theme, in the bottom right-hand corner it says it is looking for a tar.bz or tar.gz file (the whole theme still compressed). the one place i still have an uncompressed icon theme is in ~/.icons. i think lxappearance decompresses the theme and puts the sets in /usr/share/icons.

i would add that i have two theme sets in ~/.icons and for whatever reason lxappearance ignores/won't install them both.

edit: (i really didn't document well) i think you might even need to reboot or at least log out and back in for the new cursor theme to take effect in all programs.

zaivala · 06-28-2020, 11:44 PM

You would think there would be some way to install a universal cursor setup, like Chameleon Cursor. But that's OK, sorry to have caused so much pain by bringing this up.

cordx · 06-28-2020, 11:48 PM

chameleon is actually the one i downloaded that lxappearance refuses to install. crystal cursor installed just fine, is slightly larger than the bodhi default and has a couple of colors to choose from. i didn't try any others.