Mouse configuration tweaks for nearsighted user

[poetstorm]

Hi, new to Ubuntu and loving it, however I have a question. Being nearsighted I always have trouble finding the mouse. On Windows I had two settings. One was if you hit the Ctrl key it makes a radiating circle around the mouse. I am so happy that Ubuntu has that too and in fact I think it does better than WIndows. However I miss my inverted mouse a bit. The mouse would turn the inverse color of whatever it is on top of. Does Ubuntu have this? Also how do you change the size of the mouse pointer? Can you use different cursor sets? Thanks very much.

[inirini]

I am a nearsighted user as well, and I have not found the thing that if you hit crtl and the mouse radiates. I'd like to know.

Also, I'd like to know how you make the mouse bigger, I looked in Appearance, and there's no option to make the mouse bigger. And sorry, I couldn't tell you how to make the mouse inverted. I just use black and white since most environments are in white background.

[Sef]

I am a nearsighted user as well, and I have not found the thing that if you hit crtl and the mouse radiates. I'd like to know.

System > Preferences > Mouse > click on box under heading 'Locate Pointer'

[joshhartley]

hi i cant help you with getting a new mouse but i can help you with resizing your mouse go to system --> preferences --> appearance then it'll come up with themes you'll see a button on the themes menu that says customize click it and go to pointer, then you'll see pointer/mouse size hoped this helped