a cursorCornerRadius setting suggestion #22642

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opened 2026-01-31 08:19:20 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @thiagoigfraga on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024).

Description of the new feature

Hello, everybody. I’ve been looking around the issues list and noticed that this one about adding rounded corners to the cursor shape has been hanging here for a really long time. It attracted my attention: the “filledBox” or “vintage” cursor shapes look so harsh with their sharp edges—especially given how slick and modern everything else in the Terminal can feel. So I figured, why not make this my first “good first issue” contribution, hm?

My plan is pretty straightforward: introduce a new property (something like cursorCornerRadius) so that if someone sets "cursorShape": "filledBox" or "cursorShape": "vintage", they can also tweak this radius value and get a nice, rounded rectangle look. Basically, if we’re already drawing a shape, we just need to feed in a corner radius parameter before it’s rendered, which should give us that softer, more “polished” look.

I think this approach is simple, direct, and easy to configure. it’ll give users more control over how their cursor appears. I’m excited to dive in and try to make this long-standing request finally happen.

If it interest you to, let me know.

Feature Request: CornerRadius on Cursor Shape #1446

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Originally created by @thiagoigfraga on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024). ### Description of the new feature Hello, everybody. I’ve been looking around the issues list and noticed that this one about adding rounded corners to the cursor shape has been hanging here for a really long time. It attracted my attention: the “filledBox” or “vintage” cursor shapes look so harsh with their sharp edges—especially given how slick and modern everything else in the Terminal can feel. So I figured, why not make this my first “good first issue” contribution, hm? [](url) My plan is pretty straightforward: introduce a new property (something like cursorCornerRadius) so that if someone sets "cursorShape": "filledBox" or "cursorShape": "vintage", they can also tweak this radius value and get a nice, rounded rectangle look. Basically, if we’re already drawing a shape, we just need to feed in a corner radius parameter before it’s rendered, which should give us that softer, more “polished” look. I think this approach is simple, direct, and easy to configure. it’ll give users more control over how their cursor appears. I’m excited to dive in and try to make this long-standing request finally happen. If it interest you to, let me know. [Feature Request: CornerRadius on Cursor Shape #1446](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1446) ### Proposed technical implementation details _No response_
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Reference: starred/terminal#22642