Block cursor for Eclipse
Can you configure the cursor in Eclipse to be a (possibly non-blinking) block, instead of a (blinking) bar?
I am running Xfce 4.10.
eclipse cursor
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
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Can you configure the cursor in Eclipse to be a (possibly non-blinking) block, instead of a (blinking) bar?
I am running Xfce 4.10.
eclipse cursor
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
1
Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
1
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05
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Can you configure the cursor in Eclipse to be a (possibly non-blinking) block, instead of a (blinking) bar?
I am running Xfce 4.10.
eclipse cursor
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
Can you configure the cursor in Eclipse to be a (possibly non-blinking) block, instead of a (blinking) bar?
I am running Xfce 4.10.
eclipse cursor
eclipse cursor
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:22
Gilles
534k12810801597
534k12810801597
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
asked Mar 9 '16 at 23:19
ElenaElena
8591631
8591631
1
Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
1
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05
|
show 5 more comments
1
Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
1
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05
1
1
Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
1
1
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05
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Short answer: no
Long:
From comments, OP clarified that the question was about Eclipse. The clue that the question was about the application's cursor (displayed as a part of the graphics within the window) rather than the desktop cursor was the comment about the blinking bar. Desktop cursor themes do not blink, and rarely are just a bar.
If Eclipse supported a change of cursor shape, that would be in one of the Preferences tabs, e.g., for the editor. OP does not find it there.
Web searches for the cursor shape in Eclipse only find comments that the shape is determined by whether you are in insert- or replace-mode. Seeing that, it appears that Eclipse does not allow this feature to be user-customized.
In a check with OSX, I see a feature in
- General
- Editors
- Text Editors
- Accessibility
as Use Custom Caret and Enable thick caret, which are both checked by default. But there is no check-box for blink.
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
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Double click on "Smart Insert" and then again double click on "Smart Insert" in eclipse as shown in the image. You will get a non-blinking cursor.
This worked for me in eclipse on windows. No other OS settings were changed for doing this.
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
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answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
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As @Thomas Dickey has specified in his answer. No, there isn't. But, I have found a roundabout way of doing it on windows 10 and it works for me at least.
- You have to enable global block cursor in windows 10,
by changing the cursor thickness under Cursor & pointer size settings and dragging the scrollbar to the right until you find the size suitable to your liking.
You can also find the setting by directly typing "cursor & pointer" in the windows 10 search bar and clicking on the result that shows up. - After doing that, Open Eclipse,
go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Accessibility
and disable the "use custom caret" in eclipse.
You can also search for the settings in the preferences search bar by directly typing "Accessibility".
Doing this will disable eclipse's custom cursor and use the window's default. Thus, giving you the result that you desired(?).
I hope this helps.
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Short answer: no
Long:
From comments, OP clarified that the question was about Eclipse. The clue that the question was about the application's cursor (displayed as a part of the graphics within the window) rather than the desktop cursor was the comment about the blinking bar. Desktop cursor themes do not blink, and rarely are just a bar.
If Eclipse supported a change of cursor shape, that would be in one of the Preferences tabs, e.g., for the editor. OP does not find it there.
Web searches for the cursor shape in Eclipse only find comments that the shape is determined by whether you are in insert- or replace-mode. Seeing that, it appears that Eclipse does not allow this feature to be user-customized.
In a check with OSX, I see a feature in
- General
- Editors
- Text Editors
- Accessibility
as Use Custom Caret and Enable thick caret, which are both checked by default. But there is no check-box for blink.
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
52.8k596170
add a comment |
Short answer: no
Long:
From comments, OP clarified that the question was about Eclipse. The clue that the question was about the application's cursor (displayed as a part of the graphics within the window) rather than the desktop cursor was the comment about the blinking bar. Desktop cursor themes do not blink, and rarely are just a bar.
If Eclipse supported a change of cursor shape, that would be in one of the Preferences tabs, e.g., for the editor. OP does not find it there.
Web searches for the cursor shape in Eclipse only find comments that the shape is determined by whether you are in insert- or replace-mode. Seeing that, it appears that Eclipse does not allow this feature to be user-customized.
In a check with OSX, I see a feature in
- General
- Editors
- Text Editors
- Accessibility
as Use Custom Caret and Enable thick caret, which are both checked by default. But there is no check-box for blink.
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
52.8k596170
add a comment |
Short answer: no
Long:
From comments, OP clarified that the question was about Eclipse. The clue that the question was about the application's cursor (displayed as a part of the graphics within the window) rather than the desktop cursor was the comment about the blinking bar. Desktop cursor themes do not blink, and rarely are just a bar.
If Eclipse supported a change of cursor shape, that would be in one of the Preferences tabs, e.g., for the editor. OP does not find it there.
Web searches for the cursor shape in Eclipse only find comments that the shape is determined by whether you are in insert- or replace-mode. Seeing that, it appears that Eclipse does not allow this feature to be user-customized.
In a check with OSX, I see a feature in
- General
- Editors
- Text Editors
- Accessibility
as Use Custom Caret and Enable thick caret, which are both checked by default. But there is no check-box for blink.
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
52.8k596170
Short answer: no
Long:
From comments, OP clarified that the question was about Eclipse. The clue that the question was about the application's cursor (displayed as a part of the graphics within the window) rather than the desktop cursor was the comment about the blinking bar. Desktop cursor themes do not blink, and rarely are just a bar.
If Eclipse supported a change of cursor shape, that would be in one of the Preferences tabs, e.g., for the editor. OP does not find it there.
Web searches for the cursor shape in Eclipse only find comments that the shape is determined by whether you are in insert- or replace-mode. Seeing that, it appears that Eclipse does not allow this feature to be user-customized.
In a check with OSX, I see a feature in
- General
- Editors
- Text Editors
- Accessibility
as Use Custom Caret and Enable thick caret, which are both checked by default. But there is no check-box for blink.
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
52.8k596170
edited Mar 10 '16 at 0:45
answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
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answered Mar 10 '16 at 0:38
Thomas DickeyThomas Dickey
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Double click on "Smart Insert" and then again double click on "Smart Insert" in eclipse as shown in the image. You will get a non-blinking cursor.
This worked for me in eclipse on windows. No other OS settings were changed for doing this.
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
add a comment |
Double click on "Smart Insert" and then again double click on "Smart Insert" in eclipse as shown in the image. You will get a non-blinking cursor.
This worked for me in eclipse on windows. No other OS settings were changed for doing this.
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
add a comment |
Double click on "Smart Insert" and then again double click on "Smart Insert" in eclipse as shown in the image. You will get a non-blinking cursor.
This worked for me in eclipse on windows. No other OS settings were changed for doing this.
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
Double click on "Smart Insert" and then again double click on "Smart Insert" in eclipse as shown in the image. You will get a non-blinking cursor.
This worked for me in eclipse on windows. No other OS settings were changed for doing this.
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
edited Aug 2 '17 at 14:25
Stephen Rauch
3,338101428
3,338101428
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
answered Aug 2 '17 at 13:59
Ashish JainAshish Jain
1
1
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
add a comment |
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
Double-clicking on Start Insert changes the mode do Overwrite. It that mode you have a square cursor by default, but you are also overwriting text instead of inserting! So this answer does not work.
– Lii
Jan 17 at 13:51
add a comment |
As @Thomas Dickey has specified in his answer. No, there isn't. But, I have found a roundabout way of doing it on windows 10 and it works for me at least.
- You have to enable global block cursor in windows 10,
by changing the cursor thickness under Cursor & pointer size settings and dragging the scrollbar to the right until you find the size suitable to your liking.
You can also find the setting by directly typing "cursor & pointer" in the windows 10 search bar and clicking on the result that shows up. - After doing that, Open Eclipse,
go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Accessibility
and disable the "use custom caret" in eclipse.
You can also search for the settings in the preferences search bar by directly typing "Accessibility".
Doing this will disable eclipse's custom cursor and use the window's default. Thus, giving you the result that you desired(?).
I hope this helps.
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As @Thomas Dickey has specified in his answer. No, there isn't. But, I have found a roundabout way of doing it on windows 10 and it works for me at least.
- You have to enable global block cursor in windows 10,
by changing the cursor thickness under Cursor & pointer size settings and dragging the scrollbar to the right until you find the size suitable to your liking.
You can also find the setting by directly typing "cursor & pointer" in the windows 10 search bar and clicking on the result that shows up. - After doing that, Open Eclipse,
go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Accessibility
and disable the "use custom caret" in eclipse.
You can also search for the settings in the preferences search bar by directly typing "Accessibility".
Doing this will disable eclipse's custom cursor and use the window's default. Thus, giving you the result that you desired(?).
I hope this helps.
answered 14 mins ago
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As @Thomas Dickey has specified in his answer. No, there isn't. But, I have found a roundabout way of doing it on windows 10 and it works for me at least.
- You have to enable global block cursor in windows 10,
by changing the cursor thickness under Cursor & pointer size settings and dragging the scrollbar to the right until you find the size suitable to your liking.
You can also find the setting by directly typing "cursor & pointer" in the windows 10 search bar and clicking on the result that shows up. - After doing that, Open Eclipse,
go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Accessibility
and disable the "use custom caret" in eclipse.
You can also search for the settings in the preferences search bar by directly typing "Accessibility".
Doing this will disable eclipse's custom cursor and use the window's default. Thus, giving you the result that you desired(?).
I hope this helps.
answered 14 mins ago
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As @Thomas Dickey has specified in his answer. No, there isn't. But, I have found a roundabout way of doing it on windows 10 and it works for me at least.
- You have to enable global block cursor in windows 10,
by changing the cursor thickness under Cursor & pointer size settings and dragging the scrollbar to the right until you find the size suitable to your liking.
You can also find the setting by directly typing "cursor & pointer" in the windows 10 search bar and clicking on the result that shows up. - After doing that, Open Eclipse,
go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Accessibility
and disable the "use custom caret" in eclipse.
You can also search for the settings in the preferences search bar by directly typing "Accessibility".
Doing this will disable eclipse's custom cursor and use the window's default. Thus, giving you the result that you desired(?).
I hope this helps.
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Most applications control the appearance of the cursor within their windows.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 9 '16 at 23:24
@ThomasDickey Therefore it is not a system-wide Accessibility option like in Microsoft Windows?
– Elena
Mar 9 '16 at 23:49
1
This depends on the application. The window manager has nothing to say about that. There may be a central setting for e.g. all applications built with a specific set of GUI libraries (no matter what window manager you run them under) but not for applications while running under a specific window manager (no matter what GUI libraries the application uses). So what application are you interested in?
– Gilles
Mar 9 '16 at 23:54
@Elena, the mention of a blinking underline sounds like a terminal emulator. Those all differ in how and what they can change.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 10 '16 at 0:02
@Gilles I am interested in Eclipse.
– Elena
Mar 10 '16 at 0:05