Adjust Cursor Blink Rate and Cursor Width

You can adjust the blink rate of your cursor and its width on screen. These options can help make the cursor easier to see on screen or less distracting for people who have vision or seizure disorder accessibility needs. This procedure tells you how to set the cursor width and blink rate through Accessibility Options in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key [image: Windows logo key] ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Accessibility Options.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select Accessibility Options.
Press ENTER.

In the Accessibility Options dialog box:

Select the Display tab.

In the Accessibility Options dialog box:

Select the Display tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.

On the Display tab in the Cursor Options area:

Adjust the Blink Rate by moving the slider left for slower, right for faster.
Adjust the Width by moving the slider left for narrower, right for wider.
Select OK to save your settings and close the dialog box.

On the Display tab in the Cursor Options area:

Move to Blink Rate by pressing R, and then adjusting the setting from slow to fast by using the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW key.
Move to Width by pressing W, and then adjusting the setting from narrow to wide by using the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW key.
Press ENTER to save your settings and close the dialog box.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

[image: Control Panel: Accessibility Options: Display tab: Cursor Options: Blink rate and width]

Control Panel: Accessibility Options: Display tab: Cursor Options: Blink rate and width

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Adjust Cursor Blink Rate and Cursor Width

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