tiptap/docs/api/extensions/collaboration-cursor.md

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description: See other user’s cursors and their name while they type.
icon: account-pin-circle-line
---

# CollaborationCursor
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This extension adds information about all connected users (like their name and a specified color), their current cursor position and their text selection (if there’s one).

Open this page in multiple browser windows to test it.

## Installation
```bash
npm install @tiptap/extension-collaboration-cursor
```

This extension requires the [`Collaboration`](/api/extensions/collaboration) extension.

## Settings

### provider
A Y.js network provider, for example a [y-websocket](https://github.com/yjs/y-websocket) instance.

Default: `null`

### user
Attributes of the current user, assumes to have a name and a color, but can be used with any attribute. The values are synced with all other connected clients.

Default: `{ user: null, color: null }`

### render
A render function for the cursor, look at [the extension source code](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-collaboration-cursor/) for an example.

## Commands

### updateUser()
Pass an object with updated attributes of the current user. It expects a `name` and a `color`, but you can add additional fields, too.

```js
editor.commands.updateUser({
  name: 'John Doe',
  color: '#000000',
  avatar: 'https://unavatar.io/github/ueberdosis',
})
```

## Source code
[packages/extension-collaboration-cursor/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-collaboration-cursor/)

## Usage
:::warning Public
The content of this editor is shared with other users.
:::
https://embed.tiptap.dev/preview/Extensions/CollaborationCursor?hideSource
https://embed.tiptap.dev/preview/Extensions/CollaborationCursor