How to change the color of the EditText cursor drag and text select buttons?

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I'd like to change the color of the (blue) buttons that are used to position the cursor inside an EditText. Any ideas how this can be done?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Thanks for your support. What I was looking for is answered at this SO question: How to change color / appearance of EditText select handle / anchor?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Dec 13 '13 at 23:49

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:19

<item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/myEditText</item>

<style name="myEditText" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.EditText">    
<item name="android:background">@android:drawable/editbox_background_normal</item>     
<item name="android:textCursorDrawable">@android:drawable/my_cursor_drawable</item>     
<item name="android:height">40sp</item> </style>

should work...

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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You can try to set the text_select_handledrawable (here: Other Drawables Resources at the bottom) to your style as @user2383106 said (see also: Change the color of the cursor of an EditText in Android 3.0).

Hope this helps.

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answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:22

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How to change the color of the EditText cursor drag and text select buttons?

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