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General Category => Solutions => Topic started by: Paul (Lead Developer) on January 24, 2026, 01:03:06 PM

Title: Make Mouse Cursor Blink (or some other visual indicator) on Copy
Post by: Paul (Lead Developer) on January 24, 2026, 01:03:06 PM
Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/1ql2ip3/seeking_software_win11_to_make_mouse_cursor_blink/

"I use some browser and email extensions that copy text when selected, but sometimes it does not work. It would be handy to be able to configure my mouse cursor to give me some sort of visual feedback (such as flashing, temporarily changing the cursor somehow, or briefly displaying a custom text tooltip next to the cursor) anytime a Copy operation occurs (so that I know it succeeded)."

AlomWare Toolbox solution: The following action shows a balloon tooltip at the mouse whenever the clipboard text changes, along with the first 50 characters of the new clipboard text as a confirmation reference.

(Start)
HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Wait: For variable to change "clip$"
0002 String: Assign "clip$"
0003 String: Get first chars "50"
0004 Alert: Show a mouse message "Clipboard text is now: string$"
0005 Action: Go to start ""
(End)

Screenshot of the action when running and the clipboard text is changed:

(https://www.alomware.com/images/forum/clipboard-change.png)