How to change mouse pointer size and appearance in GNOME (18.04)?

Question

I want to change the appearance (size, shape and color) of the mouse pointer.

What options are available for me?

One immediate way is to use dconf to set cursor size at the command line:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size 25

A better way is usually to install and use the dconf-editor

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

dconf-editor   # brings up ui tool

Navigate to: org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size

You will then be able to change the cursor size, e.g.

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To change the type of cursor, for example this red pointer

Use Ubuntu's tweak tool:

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Comments

[vanadium]

Be aware this won't persist between sessions.

[pomsky]

@vanadium This is not correct at all, I've been using both these tweaks since forever. One of the first thing I do after a new Ubuntu installation is switching to a different cursor theme like breeze (I don't like any of the default ones).

[vanadium]

@pomsky Setting size (at least for me) did not persist between sessions. I am still running an autostart script for that (I should check whether it sticks now). I agree that changing cursor theme will be persistent.

[pomsky]

@vanadium I meant both work fine for me for ages. Perhaps "specifically not working for a certain user" is not always same as the statement "does not work in general".

[vanadium]

@pomsky I disabled my autostart and indeed, the setting sticks. Might have been under Antergos where I started using an autostart line because then the size setting would not stick for me.