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Hi

For Opus Pro 04 XE:

When using page background colors, the I-beam cursor in the text boxes is difficult to see. Is there any way to change the cursor’s color, for example to darken it, thereby making it more visible?

Thanks,

Stephen

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

The Opus editor simply uses Windows' current cursor set and the I-beam cursor in this default set should change colour to cyan or magenta automatically to contrast with the page background. However, if you find that this does not provide enough contrast, you could change your Windows cursor scheme to one which uses a larger or thicker I-beam.

To do this, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse, then select the Pointers tab. You should now be able to select from a number of preset cursor schemes - many of these schemes will dramatically change the cursor appearance, but there are a few (such as Windows Black) which offer a clear two-tone I-beam, contrasting nicely with all page colours.
I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

Stephen --

I assume from your post that you want to adjust the user's I-beam cursor, not the cursor in the Opus editor; and from Robin's response, I'm going to guess that there isn't a new feature in Opus Pro XE that enables making this adjustment or altering the user's Windows color scheme for a program.

If those assumptions are correct, then here is a solution which worked in Opus Pro XE 2.81 (and therefore may work in Opus Pro XE 4).

First, you must make an I-beam cursor in the color of your choice, using a program that can save in the correct format for a cursor file.

Under Opus Pro XE 2.81, the trick is to select the text input object and change the Cursor for that object so that it uses NOT the default cursor but instead points to your own color I-beam cursor (and be sure to use the System Pub Directory variable to "locate" it!).

After publishing, include the cursor in the Sys Pub Dir.