Bug 162709

Summary:	provide configurable caret (text cursor) for all text-edit widgets
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2008-05-27 17:23:22 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Currently there is only one cursor -- | (black).

It would be useful to be able to configure this (for both modes, insert and overwrite):
* shape: |, _, # (rectangle, filled)
* blinking/non-blinking
* color+transparency
* if blinking -- alternate color+transparency
* if blinking -- speed

Kdelibs: because it is important for every edit-box, memo, etc.

Comment 1 Matthew Woehlke 2008-05-27 18:00:54 UTC

By "cursor", I think you mean "caret"? The "caret" is the little indicator that shows where you are typing, which can also be called "cursor", except that "cursor" can also mean mouse cursor. Please clarify so I can make the bug description unambiguous :-).

Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-05-27 18:41:20 UTC

Yes, caret, sorry for not using this term.

Comment 3 Matthew Woehlke 2008-05-27 20:30:24 UTC

No worries, it's a fairly obscure (and definitely technical ;-)) term.

I'll leave "text cursor" in the description as a reminder for people not familiar with the term and to help with bug searches.

Thanks for the clarification.

Comment 4 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-14 16:17:51 UTC

Hi,

kdelibs (version 4 and earlier) is no longer maintained since a few years.

KDE Frameworks 5 or 6 might already have implemented this wish.

If not, please re-open against the matching framework if feasible or against the application that shows the issue.

We then can still dispatch it to the right Bugzilla product or component.

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann