i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:37:41 +0000cursor themeshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/i use 2 DE's, xfce4 & i3. i have installed & use a cursor theme in xfce4, which does not initiate in i3. if, however, i first login to xfce4, then login to i3, cursor theme works. so question is "how to get cursor theme to initiate in i3wm?" i assume i need to add to config, but lost as how to do it.Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:19:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/Comment by Michael for <p>i use 2 DE's, xfce4 &amp; i3. i have installed &amp; use a cursor theme in xfce4, which does not initiate in i3. if, however, i first login to xfce4, then login to i3, cursor theme works. so question is "how to get cursor theme to initiate in i3wm?"</p> <p>i assume i need to add to config, but lost as how to do it.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?comment=735#comment-735Which version of i3? Also, this smells like a bug report, not a question.Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:25:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?comment=735#comment-735Comment by flipper T for <p>i use 2 DE's, xfce4 &amp; i3. i have installed &amp; use a cursor theme in xfce4, which does not initiate in i3. if, however, i first login to xfce4, then login to i3, cursor theme works. so question is "how to get cursor theme to initiate in i3wm?"</p> <p>i assume i need to add to config, but lost as how to do it.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?comment=737#comment-737only installed from pacman last week, so i assume it is 4.3-2.Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:16:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?comment=737#comment-737Answer by Michael for <p>i use 2 DE's, xfce4 &amp; i3. i have installed &amp; use a cursor theme in xfce4, which does not initiate in i3. if, however, i first login to xfce4, then login to i3, cursor theme works. so question is "how to get cursor theme to initiate in i3wm?"</p> <p>i assume i need to add to config, but lost as how to do it.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?answer=741#post-id-741Well, I suppose you have configured the cursor theme in XFCE only, when you should do it in X11. I use the following in my `~/.Xresources`: Xcursor.theme: foo Where "foo" refers to a directory in `~/.icons/`. Be aware that Xresources is case-sensitive.Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:37:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/734/cursor-themes/?answer=741#post-id-741