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Simple Mouse Cursor is configured through World of Warcraft's Settings → AddOns → Simple Mouse Cursor page.
Changes are applied immediately, so you can adjust the options while looking at your cursor to see the result.
This page provides a complete reference for the current settings.
Selects the central cursor marker.
Options:
- Dot
- Chevron
- Crosshair
- Diamond
- Flatline
- Star
- Ring
- Tech Arrow
- X
- No Reticle
Default: Dot
Choosing No Reticle hides the central marker without disabling the surrounding rings.
Changes the size of the selected reticle.
Range: 0.5 to 2.0 Default: 1.5
Different reticle styles have different natural proportions, so you may want to readjust this after changing style.
Controls what is displayed in the ring closest to your cursor.
Options:
- None
- Main Ring
- Main Ring + GCD
- Main Ring + Cast
- Cast
- GCD
- Health and Power
- Health
- Power
Default: GCD
Controls what is displayed in the middle ring position.
The same options are available as the Inner Ring.
Default: Main Ring
Controls what is displayed in the outermost ring position.
The same options are available as the Inner Ring.
Default: Cast
For a detailed explanation of each choice, see Rings & Indicators.
Colours the reticle using your character's class colour.
Default: Off
When disabled, the reticle uses its normal white appearance.
Colours the Main Ring using your character's class colour.
Default: Off
This option is unavailable while Main Ring Pulse or Main Ring Rotation is enabled because those effects control the Main Ring colour themselves.
Colours the Cast indicator using your character's class colour.
Default: Off
Colours the Global Cooldown indicator using your character's class colour.
Default: Off
Controls the colour used by the Power indicator.
Default: Off
When disabled, the Power ring uses its normal blue colour.
When enabled, it changes colour to match your character's current primary power type, such as Mana, Rage, Energy, or another class resource.
For examples and a fuller explanation of these controls, see Effects.
Turns the Pulse effect on or off.
Default: Off
When enabled:
- Main Ring Rotation is disabled.
- Main Ring class colour is disabled.
- The two configured Pulse colours control the Main Ring.
Sets the first colour used by the Pulse effect.
Default: White
Controls the visibility of Pulse Color A.
Range: 0% to 100% Default: 100%
Sets the second colour used by the Pulse effect.
Default: White
Controls the visibility of Pulse Color B.
Range: 0% to 100% Default: 100%
Controls how quickly the Main Ring moves between the two Pulse colours.
Range: 0.25 to 3.0 Default: 1.0
Turns the rotating Main Ring effect on or off.
Default: Off
When enabled:
- Main Ring Pulse is disabled.
- Main Ring class colour is disabled.
- The Rotation colours control the appearance of the Main Ring.
Sets the first colour in the rotating gradient.
Default: White
Controls the visibility of Rotation Color A.
Range: 0% to 100% Default: 100%
Sets the second colour in the rotating gradient.
Default: White
Controls the visibility of Rotation Color B.
Range: 0% to 100% Default: 100%
Controls how quickly the Main Ring rotates.
Range: 0.1 to 5.0 Default: 1.0
Turns the cursor trail on or off.
Default: Off
Colours the trail using your character's class colour.
Default: Off
When disabled, the trail is white.
Controls how long each part of the trail remains visible.
Range: 0.2 to 1.0 seconds Default: 0.5 seconds
Controls how frequently trail elements are created as the cursor moves.
Range: 0.004 to 0.020 seconds Default: 0.005 seconds
- Lower values create a denser trail.
- Higher values create a sparser trail.
Controls the size of the trail elements.
Range: 0.5x to 2.0x Default: 1.0x
See Effects for more information about configuring the trail.
Controls whether the normal cursor graphics are restricted to combat.
Default: Off
When enabled, the cursor graphics appear when you enter combat and hide when combat ends.
Assigns an action to the Shift key.
Options:
- None
- Show Rings
- Ping with Ring
- Ping with Area
- Ping with Crosshair
- Show Crosshair
Default: None
Assigns an action to the Ctrl key.
Uses the same options as Shift.
Default: None
Assigns an action to the Alt key.
Uses the same options as Shift.
Default: None
The Show Rings option has some additional visibility behaviour, so see Visibility & Modifier Keys before using it as a push-to-show setup.
Controls the overall opacity of the main cursor graphics.
Range: 10% to 100% Default: 100%
Lower values make the display less prominent.
Changes the overall size of the Simple Mouse Cursor display.
Range: 0.5 to 3.0 Default: 1.0
This scales the cursor graphics as a group.
Controls whether Simple Mouse Cursor is drawn behind or in front of other UI elements.
Options:
- BACKGROUND
- LOW
- MEDIUM
- HIGH
- DIALOG
- FULLSCREEN
- FULLSCREEN_DIALOG
- TOOLTIP
Default: BACKGROUND
If the cursor disappears behind parts of your UI, try a higher setting.
If it appears over windows or frames where you would prefer it to stay behind them, choose a lower setting.
See Reticle & Appearance for a fuller explanation.
Reset to Default Values restores Simple Mouse Cursor's configuration to its original defaults.
This includes:
- ring assignments;
- reticle and size;
- colour preferences;
- Pulse and Rotation settings;
- trail settings;
- visibility and modifier actions;
- transparency;
- overall scale;
- frame strata.
The new settings are applied immediately and Simple Mouse Cursor displays a confirmation message in chat.
Use this option if you want to start again with the addon's original configuration.