Description: Hi, I am new to this, so please bear with me, if I am not providing all information required for you to debug things. I am using LibreOffice 7.0.4.2 provided by Canonical as a snap for Ubuntu 20.04.02, 64bit with Gnome 3.36.8. My screen has a resolution of 3840x2160. I was searching for a solution on how to make the caret wider / the cursor better visible / the caret thicker, since I have a hard time to see the cursor on my screen (it seems to be 1 pix wide, or so). To be clear: I am not talking about the mouse arrowhead cursor, I want to discuss the "caret", i.e. the thin line, where the next letter will appear when typing. Also, please note that I am aware of Overwrite mode and Insert mode. My question is not about these modes. As a first idea, I found the hint to add this line in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css: * { -GtkWidget-cursor-aspect-ratio: 0.3; } where larger values make the caret wider. This works for many programs, e.g. Firefox, but does not work for LibreOffice. The caret is still very thin and nearly invisible. Further, LibreOffice does also not seem to care about the system's accessibility settings, e.g. nothing happens if I increase the mouse cursor size in the system settings. Certainly, some settings have effects on LO, but at least, in no way I could make the caret thicker. I also added the suggested line above also in any config file I could find in the gnome system themes in /usr/share/themes, but that did not change anything. I am not sure whether this has to do with the snap package. Maybe I need to change any settings directly in the libreOffice Snap? Any help would be highly appreciated! Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open LO Writer on a Ubuntu/Gnome system on a large screen. 2. Look at the Caret 3. The Caret is very thin on large screens. Ubunu/Gnome settings do not affect the caret width. Actual Results: The Caret is hardly visible. Expected Results: I would like to be able to modify the Caret width. LibreOffice should respect system accessibility settings. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Hi, I am new to this, so please bear with me, if I am not providing all information required for you to debug things. I am using LibreOffice 7.0.4.2 provided by Canonical as a snap for Ubuntu 20.04.02, 64bit with Gnome 3.36.8. My screen has a resolution of 3840x2160. I was searching for a solution on how to make the caret wider / the cursor better visible / the caret thicker, since I have a hard time to see the cursor on my screen (it seems to be 1 pix wide, or so). To be clear: I am not talking about the mouse arrowhead cursor, I want to discuss the "caret", i.e. the thin line, where the next letter will appear when typing. Also, please note that I am aware of Overwrite mode and Insert mode. My question is not about these modes. As a first idea, I found the hint to add this line in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css: * { -GtkWidget-cursor-aspect-ratio: 0.3; } where larger values make the caret wider. This works for many programs, e.g. Firefox, but does not work for LibreOffice. The caret is still very thin and nearly invisible. Further, LibreOffice does also not seem to care about the system's accessibility settings, e.g. nothing happens if I increase the mouse cursor size in the system settings. Certainly, some settings have effects on LO, but at least, in no way I could make the caret thicker. I also added the suggested line above also in any config file I could find in the gnome system themes in /usr/share/themes, but that did not change anything. I am not sure whether this has to do with the snap package. Maybe I need to change any settings directly in the libreOffice Snap? Any help would be highly appreciated!
(In reply to Chris from comment #0) > [...] > Any help would be highly appreciated! This bugtracker is not an helpdesk, so I suggest you to ask for help where it is appropriate: https://ask.libreoffice.org and, as snap is a very particular thing: https://ask.ubuntu.com You could also try an installation from deb package. Best regards. JBF
Thank you for reporting the bug. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Hi Jean-Baptiste, Hi Xisco, thanks for your ideas and support. Following Xisco's advise, I installed a LO-Instance ver. 7.1.2.2 from the link provided. It is installed as a standard *.deb-install, not as a snap. It seems that after the update, the caret is thicker than it was before. I think, LO does not follow the system's accessibility settings: I fumbled around a bit, checked and un-checked most any settings in the system's accessibility options I could find, restarted my Linux a few times, looked through all settings in LO, but could not find an option, which would allow to make the caret e.g. 5pt wide and glowing red ;-) At least, the caret is wider now and better visible. So, for me, it works with the thicker caret. :-) Thanks a lot! Best, Chris
In Linux, you can edit the file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and insert the following line: * { -GtkWidget-cursor-aspect-ratio: 0.2; } For me, a value like 0.2 works fine. You can play around with it until it fits your needs. In Windows, you can go to Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Text cursor > Change text cursor thickness This setting works system wide. In macOS, there is absolutely no way to change the text cursor thickness unless it is provided by the app itself. Some apps do, some don´t. LibreOffice doesn´t and never did. For me, as a parially sighted person and most of the time working with macOS, every version of LO starting with 7.x isn´t accessible at all just because of the much too thin input caret in writer. I just had a look at the first beta of LO 24.2. The text cursor even went thinner! So disappointing that people with low vision seem to be more ignored with everey new version of LO. Accessibility isn´t just something for people using screenreaders, folks!
(In reply to Detlef Girke from comment #4) > > In macOS, there is absolutely no way to change the text cursor thickness > unless it is provided by the app itself. Some apps do, some don´t. > LibreOffice doesn´t and never did. > > For me, as a parially sighted person and most of the time working with > macOS, every version of LO starting with 7.x isn´t accessible at all just > because of the much too thin input caret in writer. I just had a look at the > first beta of LO 24.2. The text cursor even went thinner! So disappointing > that people with low vision seem to be more ignored with everey new version > of LO. Accessibility isn´t just something for people using screenreaders, > folks! Detlef, thank you for your comment. Since this bug report is related to Linux, it would be better to open a new report. Thank you. => Back to RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Hi Dieter, ok thanks. I understand. I filed a new bug with the number 158875 on https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158875. Best Regards Detlef