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How can I make the crosshair in Snip & Sketch more visible?

Anonymous
2020-11-20T12:00:29+00:00

When activating Snip & Sketch the grey coloured crosshair for selecting square areas to be snipped is barely visible against the darkened background. This makes is difficult to quickly locate the crosshair and draw the selection. Is there any setting for the app that could make the crosshair, say, yellow or light green? 

Using W10 on Surface Book 2.

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  1. Sumit D - IA 166.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-11-20T12:08:09+00:00

    Hi Gezedka,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    Good question - as the pointer is a Windows control, changing the precision pointer should do the trick. Feel free to use a light one from the list.

    Go to Settings>Devices>Mouse> Additional Mouse options. Click Browse besides Precision pointer.

    See the GIF for better understanding. Hope that helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-20T12:42:41+00:00

    Thanks Sumit.

    I was using the inverted scheme for the cursor and didn't know this affected the Snip & Sketch crosshair too. I went for cross_ilcur that is even larger than the default crosshair.

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