Block cursor hides current character; please make it visible

[pro-sumer]

The block cursor used by Blink hides the "current" character.

Please make this character visible (as well).

Possible solutions:

• make the cursor transparent
• allow users to configure cursor shapes (for example: use beam instead of block via t.prefs_.set('cursor-shape', 'beam'))

[carloscabanero]

This depends on your theme. Ie, the below has the cursor at 0.5 alpha so you can see what is below. https://github.com/blinksh/themes/blob/master/themes/3024%20Night.js

There are also options for cursor-shape, blink-cycle, etc...

[pro-sumer]

Using 0.5 alpha does indeed work, but makes the cursor harder to see.

I would prefer the BEAM cursor, but that fails.

This is what I try:

t.prefs_.set('cursor-shape', 'BEAM');
t.prefs_.set('cursor-color', '#C1C0C0');

Blink does import this theme, but it throws an error when I try to activate it:

Failed to setup theme. Please check syntax of your theme.
Error: Unknown preference: cursor-shape

What should I use instead of cursor-shape?

[carloscabanero]

Got it, need to update and enable from our side.

[EinJochel]

Hello! Are there any updates on this issue?