# Customizing your own blinking text cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/customizing-your-own-blinking-text-cursor/325941>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 13, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/customizing-your-own-blinking-text-cursor/325941 "2011-11-13T04:45:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![four4swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/87869e/32.png) [@four4swords](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/four4swords)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/customizing-your-own-blinking-text-cursor/325941/1 "2011-11-13T04:45:05Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know how I could customize the blinking text cursor which shows where you can type?

I want change it’s color and it’s thickness… Or perhaps use an image in it’s place.

Anyone know how?  
Thanks