Change cursor shape in Vim #8747

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opened 2026-01-31 01:36:56 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @j-oshb on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

The cursor shape can be changed as a setting, however it does not appear to be modified on the fly.

One use case for this is modifying the cursor in Vim when moving between modes, which becomes very difficult to give up once you're used to it in other terminals.

Here's information on how this is achieved in other terminals: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Change_cursor_shape_in_different_modes

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 01:36:57 +00:00
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@j-oshb commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020):

Sorry, somehow overlooked this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/68

It doesn't appear to be working despite that issue being closed, but I'll close this duplicate anyway.

@j-oshb commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020): Sorry, somehow overlooked this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/68 It doesn't appear to be working despite that issue being closed, but I'll close this duplicate anyway.
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Reference: starred/terminal#8747