Mouse pointer for lefties
This tip can be amusing for lefties as it will tell you where to get the cursor/pointer and how to change mouse settings.
You can download pointers for lefties from Microsoft.
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Now in the C: Windows Cursors folder, create a new folder named LeftHanded.
Decide which cursor size you want to use and download six left-hand pointer files then corresponding to this size.
a. Aero_arrow_left.cur
b. Aero_busy_left.cur
c. Aero_helpsel_left.cur
d. Aero_link_left.cur
e. Aero_pen_left.cur
f. Aero_working_left.cur
Now, open Mouse Properties via Control Panel and select the Pointers tab. In the Scheme list box, choose “Windows Aero (large) (scheme)” if it’s not already selected. Click Save with a name and name the new project ” LeftHanded “. Click OK.
In the Customize list, choose the Normal Select cursor. Click Browse and go to C: Windows Cursors LeftHanded. Select ” aero_helpsel_left “. Click Open. Similarly, put the other mice left. Finally, click Apply> OK.
Next, you might want to swap the left and right mouse buttons. To do so, reopen the Mouse Properties dialog box via Control Panel. On the Buttons tab, select Switch primary and secondary buttons. Click Apply> OK.
I’m left-handed and I use to have the mouse at the left-side of my desktop. Unfortunally mouse pointers are for right-handed people and always point to the left. This is a little bit confusing (Yes you can think I’m a strange person 🙂 ) and I googled a little to find a cursor theme for left-handed people.
Left Hand Cursor Download
First you have to install a cursor theme that supports left-handed people. Ubuntu and Debian standard repos have the very nice comix cursors theme. Ubuntu does not install a very usefull (for me) utility gcursor. It give you a nice GUI to select the cursor theme for your user. With Ubuntu simply install the cursor theme and gcursor and thas follows:
sudo apt-get install comixcursors gcursor
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Now simply go in System->Preferences->Cursor Selection and choose the cursor theme you prefer.