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stans New Member Posts: 2	blinking cursor May 22, 2017 6:33:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stans on May 22, 2017 6:33:50 GMT -5 I would like a solid non-blinking cursor. How can I do that ?

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blinking cursor May 22, 2017 11:54:55 GMT -5

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Post by George on May 22, 2017 11:54:55 GMT -5

Stans:
As the help says:

Cursor handling and Blink

SPFLite versions prior to 8.0 handled the screen cursor with their own internal routines. As of version 8.0, SPFLite now uses the standard Windows cursor support. Part of this change meant that the option for a non-blinking cursor has gone, since Windows does not support this. It should be of minimal or no impact to most users, as running with a blinking cursor is the norm.

It says you can't have a non- blinking cursor, but that's not really true. If you go into Windows Control Panel -> Keyboard you can control the speed of the blink, including setting it to None. I'll adjust the Help to correct that misleading statement.

However, this sets it for your whole system. If it's only SPFLite for which you want a non-blinking cursor, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

George

[Update] And if you want a blob cursor, here's the help for that setting.

% Height Normal Cursor and Insert Cursor

These two values control the appearance of the screen cursor in Normal and Insert mode. The value given is a % of a full height Blob cursor (i.e. one which fills the character space). The value can range from 20 to 100%. Note: depending on the screen font you choose, values below 20% tend to be either invisible, or fragmented dots. So, if you have an underscore-like cursor and find that your cursor disappeared, you may need to adjust these settings. Note the setting for the Insert cursor is ignored if you have chosen to use a Vertical cursor in insert mode (above)

Last Edit: May 22, 2017 11:57:01 GMT -5 by George

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blinking cursor May 23, 2017 7:02:42 GMT -5

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Post by stans on May 23, 2017 7:02:42 GMT -5

Thanks - changing the Windows cursor blink rate to NONE got me the result I wanted. I did see the help item hence my inquiry here.

I love this product - used it several years ago then quit cause no need. Had the same issue before... and would like to comment that a 'norm' is not. Everyone has their little quirks... I find a blinking cursor to be very distracting... kinda like background moozak.

Last Edit: May 23, 2017 7:15:28 GMT -5 by stans

George Administrator Posts: 4,048	blinking cursor May 23, 2017 9:37:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by George on May 23, 2017 9:37:18 GMT -5 stans: Yes, personal preference is indeed what the P in PC is all about. I find the blinking helpful just to locate the cursor; maybe it's my old eyes. George

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