https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:40:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/Is there anyway for me to tell i3 to use KDE's oxygen theme for my mouse cursor?Sun, 09 Mar 2014 08:16:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/?answer=3500#post-id-3500You can configure your Xcursor theme in a dotfile, usually `~/.Xresources` ([more info](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/x_resources#Xcursor_resources)). Then after you install the cursor theme with your package manager, add a line like this: ! cursor Xcursor.theme: FlatbedCursors.Black.Regular And a line to your xorg startup file (like `~/.xinitrc`) to source it like this: xrdb ~/.Xresources & And then restart your X server.Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:18:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/?answer=3500#post-id-3500https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/?comment=3501#comment-3501It's not quite working for me. I ran "echo 'Xcursor.theme: Oxygen\_White' | xrdb -" and my cursor stayed on the default. However, running "xrdb -query Xcursor.theme" now gives the output: "Xcursor.theme: Oxygen\_White" I have the theme installed in "/usr/share/icons/Oxygen_White".Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:40:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3499/how-to-use-kde-cursors-in-i3/?comment=3501#comment-3501