Block Cursor Negative color or Transparency #4803

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opened 2026-01-30 23:56:56 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @Jkoutsoumpas on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019).

#3052 Description of the new feature/enhancement
Profile option cursorShape with setting filledBox displays a totally opaque block cursor with the color defined in the cursorColor setting.

when navigating through characters, the cursor totally blocks (no pun intended!) the underlying character and it is frustrating for the user and error prone while editing the line text.

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Make the filledBox use an alpha channel (transparency) and/or give the option to display the underlying character with a negative color on top of the cursor so it is visible and sufficiently legible in all cases and all color configurations.

Originally created by @Jkoutsoumpas on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019). #3052 Description of the new feature/enhancement Profile option *cursorShape* with setting *filledBox* displays a totally opaque block cursor with the color defined in the *cursorColor* setting. when navigating through characters, the cursor totally blocks (no pun intended!) the underlying character and it is frustrating for the user and error prone while editing the line text. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Make the filledBox use an alpha channel (transparency) and/or give the option to display the underlying character with a negative color on top of the cursor so it is visible and sufficiently legible in all cases and all color configurations.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-30 23:56:57 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019):

Thanks for the report! This sounds quite a bit like #1203 to me. It was also breifly discussed in #3322. I'm going to redirect discussion to that thread.

/dup #1203

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019): Thanks for the report! This sounds quite a bit like #1203 to me. It was also breifly discussed in #3322. I'm going to redirect discussion to that thread. /dup #1203
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2019): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#4803