Mouse almost impossible to see

[RobertWebb]

I don't remember noticing this until a recent update (5.983 I think), but now the mouse cursor is almost impossible to see against the background of the main layout area.

Can you see it? Neither can I.


It's a bit easier here, but still hard when it's smaller over a large area.


I feel like the cursor shape changed in that situation, but how? I've never attempted to change the cursors.

Is that how it appears for others?

Can I change this one cursor to be more visible in this one place? (I don't want to change the background colour).

(I had to photograph the screen because the cursor didn't come out in a screenshot)

[Lophophora]

Can't help, but I'm also annoyed by this recent change. Surely there must be a workaround?

[Delucci]

Dunno if this is what you're looking for but you can change the mouse icon changing the modifier in options.

Options>Mouse modifiers
Context: Track, left drag
Default: Marquee select items and time

This way the mouse will look much better..

[Lophophora]

Originally Posted by Delucci

Options>Mouse modifiers
Context: Track, left drag
Default: Marquee select items and time

This way the mouse will look much better..

Yes, it does make the mouse look much better but it also completely changes the mouse behavior, I don't think that's what the OP was looking for. Isn't there a way to just make the mouse pointer visible without changing the mouse behavior?

[Lophophora]

Ok I found this and it worked for me (I used the attached file made by gofer).

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=57705

[RobertWebb]

Originally Posted by Lophophora

Ok I found this and it worked for me (I used the attached file made by gofer).

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=57705

Yep, that fixed it, thanks!

Did this change recently though? That's from 9 years ago.

Question remains, why have a cursor that can't be seen by default!

An I-beam doesn't make sense in this context anyway. That's generally used for text editing. This should simply be a standard mouse pointer (arrow pointing up to the left)

[Zapatero]

Well, I suffered from that problem too and thanks to the helpful forum community I learned how to replace the cursor in the Reaper cursor folder.

I created a new cursor for myself, a very bold black i-beam with white border. Very easy to see, except maybe if you have a very dark theme.

I attached it to this post. Anybody that wants to use it - please feel free to do so!

[Spirit]

Thanks Zap, I used your cursor. Perfect. Why this was changed is beyond me. Annoying useless mucking about.

[Joe90]

I have a simpler fix for this (in Win10 at least) - the windows setting 'fix apps that are blurry' fixes this issue for me.

[Rickyneg]

anyone find an easy fix for this yet? I'm not very computer literate so all of the fixes I found are difficult for me to implement. I need step-by-step help.
Thanks.

[xpander]

The arrange empty area cursor was changed back to I-beam cursor in v5.99.
Or do you need steps to change it to something else?

[Rickyneg]

I need help to make it more visible.

[ths]

SOLVED
I've been plagued by this small cursor issue since i was 9 years old.
English is my 2nd language. and also my first. every answer provided on this topic that was like Harlem Bono in Rattle and whatever - "I still hadn't found what i was looking for"

THEN...
Shut up Edge! ! wasn't talking to you !!


I dug deep and found the solution - Bootstraps people!
DPI resolution override

Step 1. Right click on your Reaper app icon
Step 2. Right click on properties
Step 3. Go to the compatibility tab
Step 4. Click on change high-dpi settings
Step 5. Click box for high-DPI scaling override
Step 6. select system or system enhanced