Breeze Cursors for Inkscape

Replaces the default .svg cursors in Inkscape with .svg Breeze (Dark) cursors instead. Custom cursors are intended to match the same style as Breeze.

Pre-Installation Info

Background

Inkscape has a specifically named cursors folder where the cursors exist. If you modify the .svgs in that folder, it will update the cursors in Inkscape. Knowing this, if we replace the old cursors folder with our new one (and name it cursors), Inkscape will use the .svgs in our own cursors folder!

Installation overview

1. Navigate to where Inkscape looks for a cursors folder (see below)
2. If a cursors folder already exists, rename it to something else
3. Download the cursors folder and extract it into the same folder where the old cursors folder was
4. Open Inkscape, switch to another tool and back, and Inkscape will automatically update the cursors like magic ✨

For detailed help, follow the instructions below :)

Installation

1 - Navigate to correct folder

Linux

If you would like to use these icons system-wide, navigate to:
/usr/share/inkscape/icons/hicolor/
ℹ️ You should see a few folders, including cursors

Otherwise, for local (user-specific) inkscape icons, navigate to:
~/.config/inkscape/icons/hicolor/
⚠️ If that path does not exist, it's likely because hicolor hasn't been created yet! Simply navigate to ~/.config/inkscape/icons/ and create a folder named hicolor, open it, and move to step 3, downloading!

Windows

I'm not sure, but I would assume it's under:
C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\icons\hicolor
If you know where the correct path is, please let me know!

2 - Rename cursors folder to something else

Renaming the cursors folder to something else will cause Inkscape to not use that folder for cursors anymore.
So, rename cursors to default-cursors.

ℹ️ If you ever want to switch back to the old cursors, rename default-cursors back to cursors.

⚠️ If the cursors folder does not exist, double-check your file location from step 1. If you are sure it is right, skip this step, and move on to downloading.

3 - Download the breeze cursors directory

Download the cursors folder here:
https://downgit.github.io/#/home?url=https://github.com/BareTuna/breeze-cursors-for-inkscape/tree/main/cursors
Download and/or move the cursors.zip to the correct folder from step 1

4 - Extract

Extract cursors.zip into correct directory from step 1.

ℹ️ Make sure the new folder is named cursors, and check to make sure when you open that folder, the first thing you see is all the .svg files for the cursors

5 - Done

Open up Inkscape, switch to a different tool then back (i.e. F2, F1) then you should see your cursors already working!

⚠️ If it isn't showing up, try restarting Inkscape, and if not, it's probably because user-specifc Inkscape cursors are taking precendence over system-wide Inkscape cursors. On Linux, double check that ~/.config/inkscape/icons/hicolor/cursors/ does not use the default Inkscape cursors.

Contributing

Fork the repo on github, edit the files locally, and pull request back here ✨

You can also grab a copy of the cursors, and begin editing them.

There is a drop-shadow effect I've made that you can use to get a consistent drop-shadow effect for the cursors. Breeze cursors use it, and I've matched the drop-shadow effect as near as I can tell. To use the effect or remove it, you'll need to open up the XML editor, and add ;filter:url(./-common.svg#def-drop-shadow); at the very end of the style attribute. Drop shadows should only be applied on the outlines of the cursors.

Thanks 💖