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    vmars vernon
    last edited by Nov 13, 2020, 4:09 PM

    Tia;
    Having trouble seeing the cursor .
    How to make cursor larger ?

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      PeterJones @vmars vernon
      last edited by PeterJones Nov 13, 2020, 4:20 PM Nov 13, 2020, 4:20 PM

      @vmars-vernon

      Settings > Prefernces > Editing > Caret Settings > Width (pulldown selector).

      cf: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/preferences/#editing

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        vmars vernon
        last edited by Nov 13, 2020, 5:56 PM

        Thanks Peter;
        Found this too:
        [link text] https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13231/make-cursor-more-visible?_=1605289939836 (link url)

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          Victorel Petrovich
          last edited by Victorel Petrovich Aug 20, 2023, 6:41 PM Aug 20, 2023, 6:41 PM

          I wonder if it’s possible to change caret’s height? (couldn’t find )

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            Alan Kilborn @Victorel Petrovich
            last edited by Aug 20, 2023, 7:05 PM

            @Victorel-Petrovich said in How to make cursor larger ?:

            I wonder if it’s possible to change caret’s height? (couldn’t find )

            No. Does this lack of such flexibility really bother you, or are you just wondering … ?

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              Victorel Petrovich @Alan Kilborn
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                jessica brown
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                  julianop @Alan Kilborn
                  last edited by May 27, 2024, 5:28 PM

                  @Victorel-Petrovich: I, for one, would very much like the option of a more “significant” cursor (I don’t know why it’s called a “caret” in NP++: that’s the name given to the little top hat accessed by shift-6 on the US keyboard): my eyes aren’t what they used to be, and even with a three pixel vertical line and a fast flash it sometimes takes a moment or two to find the cursor.

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                    PeterJones @julianop
                    last edited by May 27, 2024, 5:44 PM

                    @julianop said in How to make cursor larger ?:

                    @Victorel-Petrovich: I, for one, would very much like the option of a more “significant” cursor
                    … : my eyes aren’t what they used to be, and even with a three pixel vertical line and a fast flash it sometimes takes a moment or two to find the cursor.

                    Settings > Preferences > Editing 1 > Caret Settings allows up to 3 pixels wide for the “vertical line” version… if that’s not enough on its own, then Settings > Style Configurator > Language: Global Styles > Style: Caret colour and … > Style: Multi-edit carets color allows you to change the color for the caret (for normal or multi-edit mode) to make it even more obvious to your eyes. And if that’s still not enough, the Caret Settings allow Block or Block after options, which make it a full character wide, rather than being limited to 3 pixels.

                    I don’t know why it’s called a “caret” in NP++: that’s the name given to the little top hat accessed by shift-6 on the US keyboard

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                    Notepad++ uses this alternate term “caret” to indicate the text insertion point, to disambiguate it from the “cursor” which almost always refers to the “mouse cursor” in modern GUIs when used without a disambiguation prefix. Calling it “caret” is easier than saying “text cursor” throughout the GUI and User Manual, and follows computing terminology that’s been around for decades.

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