Am 23.08.2011 um 04:46 schrieb Rich Shepard: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Marcelo Acuña wrote: > >> Tools > Preferences > Edition > Control >> To change cursor color is in Preferences too. > > Marcelo, > > How interesting. I had the cursor color set to red, but when in the body > of a document it was a thin (I assume 1 pixel) I-beam. So, I went to Editing > -> controls and increased the cursor width to 5 pixels. > > Now I see a fat red bar where the cursor was last clicked. Still, when I > move the cursor it's the thin black line. But, I think this will make it > easier to find where it belongs when I move back.
You refer to the mouse pointer when talking about the I-beam cursor. The pointer indeed is set to the thin I-beam by LyX for the work space. This is common for editors - but as you already mentioned - not very prominent on screen. I have this I-beam for every editable input area - the browser, the mail client, the terminal window, etc... Perhaps you can configure you Qt-environment to display a more visible IBeamCursor for you. Stephan PS: Below you'll find an excerpt from the list of the cursor shapes and their intended use. ArrowCursor
<<inline: cursor-arrow.png>>
The standard arrow cursor. UpArrowCursor
<<inline: cursor-uparrow.png>>
An arrow pointing upwards toward the top of the screen. CrossCursor
<<inline: cursor-cross.png>>
A crosshair cursor, typically used to help the user accurately select a point on the screen. WaitCursor
<<inline: cursor-wait.png>>
An hourglass or watch cursor, usually shown during operations that prevent the user from interacting with the application. IBeamCursor
<<inline: cursor-ibeam.png>>
A caret or ibeam cursor, indicating that a widget can accept and display text input.
