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In linux mint mouse preferences dialog, there is an equivalent setting which works for most applications but not for Qt based ones. This seems to be a know issue [1] and the workaround when running X is to change the XCURSOR_SIZE environment variable before starting octave
XCURSOR_SIZE=50 octave --gui
See attached screenshot.
Don't know if there is an equivalent workaround for Windows, sorry.
I marked this bug confirmed for "any" system since I can reproduce it on linux as well.
[1] https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=311591
As a shorter term workaround: if you go to the Preferences for the Octave GUI, then to the Command tab, you'll find a setting for "Cursor type". You can change that from IBeam cursor to Block cursor and that will at least make it more visible than the default.
With higher res screens and aging eyes I found it hard to see the cursor because it was can be so thin: only 1 pixel wide in some cases. I find that MS-Windows (10,11) has text cursor width Setting and it can be set almost as wide as a typical letter. Increasing the width has helped with some applications, but sadly Octave is one of those that has not observed this setting. Please get Octave it to use the system setting in all the places a cursor occurs, the GUI, figures etc. Perhaps there's a few other accessibility aid settings that I'll be looking for in the future - please adopt all that can be.
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