cursor , inverted colours

[carypt]

as a cursor that always is best visible i prefer the windows arrow inverted big .
in the area the arrow occupies the underlying colours are simply inverted (negative colours) for highest contrast . this may also give the smallest cursor dimensions possible ( a dot ) .
not wanting to say the newer cursors 1.10 are bad . meant as a request for improvement of 1.0 . see here : #353 .

if going with small cursor and getting lost in picture , it might be useful to have a keystroke for highlighting or maximizing the cursor momentarily . big cursors are often disturbing visual balance while pixel peeping .
these are my thoughts , but i massively prefer a fast cursor to convenience . thx )

[achadwick]

1.0 is to old for me to support, so WONTFIX anything on that branch.

Also WONTFIX on a keystroke for revealing the cursor: this is best handled using your desktop environment's shortcut key. In Windows 7, you set it up in Mouse Properties → Pointer Options → Visibility → Show location of the pointer when I press the CTRL key. In GNOME, you set it up in Tweak Tool →Keyboard and Mouse → Show Location of Pointer.

X11 cursors (and therefore GDK cursors) cannot display in inverse video. I can swap the black and the white we use however - is that what you want?

Have you tried a 1.2.0-alpha prerelease? That is the active development branch.

Postponing till after the 1.2.0 release, since we're approaching the beta cycle.

[achadwick]

(Assuming you meant 1.1.0 for "1.10")

I should add - I could add a hotkey for flipping the cursor's black and white pixels, but it would only affect the ring cursor. Let me know if you think that would be useful to your workflow.

[carypt]

nah , not necessary for me . its ok as far as i see . how about your workflow ? :) the program is already much above my needs .

[unional]

It would be great if we can customize the fill color of the cursor. The thin circle or cross hair is still hard to see.