How to Change the Cursor Color in Excel -2 Quick Methods

A mouse cursor shows and a cell border cursor are showcased in the image below.

This is the sample dataset.

Method 1 – Change the Cursor Color of Selected Cells Using VBA

• Go to Developer ➤ Visual Basic to open the VBA Editor or press ALT + F11.

• Double-click the sheet name.

• Select Worksheet from the drop-down menu.

By selecting Worksheet the following two lines of code are generated.

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal mrTarget As Range)

End Sub

• Enter the following between the two generated lines.

 Cells.Borders.ColorIndex = xlNone
    Target.Borders.Color = vbRed

In this VBA code, “mrTarget.Borders.Color = vbRed” changes the selected cells’ cursor color from black to Red.  You can choose other colors.

•  Save the code.

Select a range of cells in your Excel sheet.  The color of the active cells’ border changed from Black to Red.

2. Advanced Options to Change the Cursor Color of Active/Inactive Cell

•  Go to the File menu.

• Select Options.

• Select Advanced.
• Go to ‘Display option for this worksheet’.
• Check ‘Show gridlines’.
• In ‘Gridline Color’, choose a color. Orange, here.
• Click OK.

The color of the gridlines changed to orange.

Download Practice Workbook

You can download the Excel file from the following link and practice.

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