How to change text cursor color in Tkinter?

Question

I have a text widget with dark background and I can\'t see the cursor\'s position. Is there any way to change the (blinking) text cursor\'s color?

Answer 1

You can change the insertbackground option of the text widget to whatever you want.

Answer 2

For python version 3

import tkinter as tk

textfield = tk.Entry(root)
textfield.configure(bg="#1C6C0B", insertbackground='white')

Answer 3

Option for text cursor color in Tk is -insertbackground.

textWidget.config(insertbackground=...)