In Ubuntu Linux, if you find it difficult to see the keyboard cursor in a text field, you can make it blink to make it easier to locate. There are some people with a poor vision which makes it difficult to view small text or locate the cursor on their screen. For these people, enabling the keyboard cursor to blink can help. There are multiple accessibility features one can enable in Ubuntu Linux. From increasing the mouse pointer size to enabling the pointer locater. These features are there to help. Making the cursor blink in the text field in Ubuntu Linux is another accessibility feature that you can turn on and off if you want, and below are the steps that show you how.
How to turn on or off cursor blinking in Ubuntu Linux
As described above, if you find it difficult to see the keyboard cursor in a text field, you can make it blink to make it easier to locate. Below is how to do that. Ubuntu Linux has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. From system configurations to creating new users and updating, all can be done from the System Settings panel. Alternatively, click on the System menu at the top-right corner of the top bar on your desktop. On the System menu, select Settings as highlighted below. In the Settings app, click on the Accessibility tile to open the panel. In the System Settings -> Accessibility panel, under Typing, select Cursor Blinking highlighted below. On the Cursor Blinking window, toggle the Cursor Blinking button to the On position to enable. To disable it, simply toggle the button to the Off position. Once enabled, use the Speed slider to adjust how quickly the cursor blinks. That should do it! You can now close the Settings app. Conclusion: This post showed you how to enable or disable cursor blinking in Ubuntu Linux. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below to report.
