Overview
This is a modified version of the Hackneyed (Open Desktop) cursor theme. The modified cursors are high contrast with colours based on the default Windows 10 and 11 cursor colours. The cursors have monochrome or multicolour themes, static or animated cursor options, and the ability to edit the colours easily from the source code. The monochrome cursors aim to be an accessible options for those with vision impairments or anyone looking for a more visible cursor.
Colours
- White
- Green
- Yellow
- Orange
- Magenta
- Blue
- Teal
- Purple
- If building from source, whatever primary and background colour you like!
All monochrome cursors meet the WCAG 2.1 minimum contrast for 3:1 for graphics (AA), and most exceed the required contrast requirement for text 7:1 (AAA).
Other Options
The Static cursors disable the animation of the hourglass cursors (progress and wait).
In each folder, organised by colour, colour theme, and motion status are all the cursor files as separate archives:
- right handed cursors
- left handed cursors
- light theme
- dark theme
- set size cursors (24px, 36px, 48px)
- scalable cursors (SVG)
- Linux/Unix cursors
- Windows cursors
Links
- The README in rendered Markdown format is at the Codeberg repository.
- The README in HTML format is at my website README - Future Horizon Design.
- You can also download the cursors from my website, see more cursor preview images, and read long image descriptions of the previews themselves at the portfolio page Hackneyed High Contrast Static Cursors (Portfolio) - Future Horizon Design.
- The original cursors are at hackneyed-x11-cursors on GitLab.
Ratings & Comments
2 Comments
10 I've been using a preinstalled theme in Nobara called "HighContrast" which is pretty good, but this one, the dark cursor with electric lime/fluorescent yellow/tennis ball outline is just a brilliant step up. And animations are smooth. Well done. This will undoubtedly become my goto cursor theme for many years to come.
Thank you for your comment and rating and I'm very happy to hear you are enjoying the cursors. You're right that the green is a lot like a tennis ball colour. I find coloured cursors much more visible on the screen, and many high contrast default themes just use black and white. The animations are from the original cursors (hackneyed-x11-cursors) so I can't take credit there. All I did was change the colours and add an option to disable the animation, but it made a big difference to me personally. Thank you again!