Change the color and style of the pointer. Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com Tiffany Antopolski tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com 2009 GNOME Documentation Project Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Cursor Style

Click AltF1 or the Meta key, or touch the pointer to the top left corner (a.k.a. the "hot corner") to enter the Activities overview.

Type appearance.

Click on the Appearance icon to open.

Select the Theme tab.

Click Customize and select the Pointer tab.

Choose a different style or color for the pointer from the list. The changes will be made immediately.

You cannot change the style and the color of the pointer separately. Each style has a fixed color. Some styles are provided in multiple colors.

Install a new pointer theme

If you don't see a pointer style or color that you like, you can download and install a different pointer theme from the web.

Visit and click the X11 Mouse Themes link.

Select a theme that you like and click on its Download link. Save the file on your computer.

Click Alt F1 or the Meta key, or touch the pointer to the top left corner (a.k.a. the "hot corner") to enter the Activities overview.

Type Appearance.

Click on the Appearance icon to open.

Select the Theme tab.

Click Install.

Navigate to the theme file, select it, and click Open.

You will be told that the theme has been installed. Click Apply New Theme.

The pointer will change to the new style, and the theme will be added to the Pointer tab.

You can quickly install a theme file that you downloaded by dragging it into the Theme tab of the Appearances preferences window.