Take the tour ×  In the context of computer software -- you can
have a "cursor" for a position between two characters of text,
or a "selection" for a region of text. Is there a word that
means "cursor or selection"? Sort of like a "brother or sister"
is a "sibling."  share|improve this question "Cursor" merely
means a position. It's not just for mice and text; databases
also have cursors. In this context, I think it's sufficiently
obvious we're discussing text cursors only, not mice or other
cursors. –  MSalters Nov 1 '11 at 9:33 add comment  closed as
too localized by Jasper Loy, Daniel, kiamlaluno, JSBձոգչ, Mahnax
Aug 26 '12 at 4:14   1 Answer  up vote 3 down vote accepted  In
the context of a computer's user interface (display + keyboard +
mouse) I would say the current cursor (or cursors, since there
may be both a mouse and a keyboard cursor), and any currently-
highlighted "active" text, are all part of the current focus
(specialised subdivision of sense 5: centre of attention).  I'm
using Internet Explor