Cursor Highlighter

Add a visual indicator to your mouse cursor for better visibility
What is Cursor Highlighter?
Cursor Highlighter is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to boost the visibility of your mouse cursor by overlaying a vibrant, customizable visual indicator. This can be particularly useful for individuals with visual impairments or when engaging in presentations or educational contexts where a cursor needs to stand out against a cluttered background. Choose from the default color array, or tailor the color with the included color picker to match your aesthetic preferences.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.53 (30)
Version: 2.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-08-08)
Creation date: 2020-09-20
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 62.32K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Add a customizable visual indicator to your mouse cursor on any website. Whether to assist those who are visually impaired or for presentation/education purposes, this will make your cursor stand out!

Select one of the default colors, or use the built-in color picker to choose your own unique color to fit your personality!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works nicely in regular Chrome windows.
  • Easy to use and configure.
  • Offers clicky effects.
  • Good alternative to installing additional software.
  • User-friendly once set up correctly.
Cons
  • Doesn't work in Google presentation's slide show mode.
  • Occasional issues with cursor disappearing.
  • Multiple users reported that it doesn't work.
  • Cannot change the size of the highlighter.
  • Some features like color saving are inconsistent.
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work
  • Works nicely in regular Chrome windows
  • Easy to use
  • Love the clicky effects
  • Need for improvements in functionality
Recent reviews
by Badman Billz, 2024-07-11

by hugues173, 2024-06-17

for some reason my cursor always disappears in google docs making it hard to see where to type and all that but this is a life saver lol
by wdff ifdwi0ek, 2024-02-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Cursor Highlighter is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Cursor Highlighter has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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