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The blinking of the text cursor is usually temporarily suspended when it is being moved; otherwise, the cursor may change position when it is not visible, making its ___location difficult to follow.
The concept of a blinking cursor can be attributed to Charles Kiesling Sr. via US Patent 3531796,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiesling |first1=Charles |title=US Patent 3531796: Blinking cursor for
Some interfaces use an underscore or thin vertical bar to indicate that the user is in [[insert mode]], a [[mode (user interface)|mode]] where text will be [[insert key|inserted]] in the middle of the existing text, and a larger block to indicate that the user is in [[overtype]] mode, where inserted text will overwrite existing text. In this way, a block cursor may be seen as a piece of selected text one character wide, since typing will replace the text ''in'' the cursor with the new text.
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In [[computing]], a '''pointer''' or '''mouse pointer''' (as part of a [[personal computer]] [[WIMP (computing)|WIMP]] style of interaction)<ref name="nytimes cellphone">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17map.html | title=The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 16, 2009 | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Markoff, John | ___location=New York | quote=[...] so-called WIMP interface — for windows, icons, menus, pointer [...]}}</ref><ref name="microsoft ">{{cite web | url=http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=68165 | title=Haptic Issues for Virtual Manipulation | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | date=December 1996 | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Hinckley, Ken | quote=The Windows-Icons-Menus-Pointer (WIMP) interface paradigm dominates modern computing systems.}}</ref><ref name="microsoft input technologies">{{cite web | url=http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kenh/papers/InputChapter.pdf | title=Input Technologies and Techniques | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Hinckley, Ken | quote=Researchers are looking to move beyond the current "WIMP" (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer) interface [...] }}</ref> is a symbol or graphical image on the [[computer monitor]] or other [[display device]] that echoes movements of the [[pointing device]], commonly a [[mouse (computing)|mouse]], [[touchpad]], or [[digital pen|stylus]] pen. It signals the point where actions of the user take place. It can be used in [[text-based]] or [[graphical user interface]]s to select and move other elements. The keyboard cursor may also be repositioned using the pointer.
Though it is distinct from the text cursor, the mouse pointer is also being called a cursor or mouse cursor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/cursor |website=MDN Web Docs |title=Cursor |date=4 February 2025 }}</ref>
The pointer commonly appears as an angled arrow (angled because historically that improved appearance on low-resolution screens<ref>{{cite web|title=Document from 1981 reveals why mouse cursor is tilted and not straight|url=http://hacksandstuff.com/computers/why-mouse-cursor-is-tilted-reason_1234210.html|access-date=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217232416/http://hacksandstuff.com/computers/why-mouse-cursor-is-tilted-reason_1234210.html|archive-date=17 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>), but it can vary within different programs or [[operating system]]s. The use of a pointer is employed when the input method, or pointing device, is a device that can move fluidly across a screen and select or highlight objects on the screen. In GUIs where the input method relies on hard keys, such as the five-way key on many [[mobile phone]]s, there is no pointer employed, and instead, the GUI relies on a clear [[Focus (computing)|focus]] state.
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====I-beam pointer====
[[File: I-beam pointer.
The I-beam pointer (also called the I-cursor) is a cursor shaped like a [[serif]]ed capital letter ''I''. The purpose of this cursor is to indicate that the text beneath the cursor can be highlighted and sometimes inserted or changed.<ref>[http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/ibeam.htm ComputerHope.com]</ref>
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