How do I change text cursor color?

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How do I change the text cursor color? Not the mouse cursor. I mean the blinking vertical line that appears in every textbox.
 

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A few mac themes make the textbox outlines nice blue. I cant remember which one did it for me, but you may search at deviantart. (http://www.deviantart.com/)
 

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I need that too

Have you been able to change the color?
 

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PC/Desktop
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Self Assembled
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
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Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
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Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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LG Flatron E2040T
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1600x900
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Cooler Master K380
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Logitech MK260r
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No I've not been able to change the color of the text cursor yet.
 

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Intel C2D SP9400
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Intel GS45
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2GB DDR3
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Integrated =(
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Matte LCD
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1280x800
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Intel X25-M Gen 2 SSD
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MX 518, V470 - Logitech
For most controls (edit fileds, dropdowns, etc) the caret doesn't have a "color". It inverts the color of the pixels behind it - white becomes black, blue becomes yellow, etc. Check out the second paragraph here: About Carets (Windows)

Technically it is possible for a control to choose a custom color or shape, but I have not seen any that do it. Most controls simply set the width and height of the blinking rectangle.
 

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