Control the cursor's appearance

[davidberreby]

Use case or problem

Obsidian’s thin cursor can be hard to spot (and in some Themes, almost impossible). Jumping back into a note, I would like to see the cursor easily as soon as I arrive.

Proposed solution

A simple plugin to control the appearance of the cursor. For example, Cursor Color, Cursor Width in Pixels, Blink Option On (or Off).

This is the equivalent setting in Scrivener:

Current workaround (optional)

There are plugins that create a dramatic flash when the cursor moves, drawing attention to its new placement. These don’t work for me. I want to see the cursor where I left it. When I tap the space bar, for instance, I want the cursor to be visible enough so that I can think, “oh, right, this is where I left off.” If I have to move the cursor to some other place to see it, then I have defeated the purpose I set out with.

Possible, anyone?

[ariehen]

@davidberreby

There are plugins that create a dramatic flash when the cursor moves, drawing attention to its new placement. These don’t work for me.

If you’re referring to Ninja Cursor, I thought the same at first, but the “swoosh” animation, blinking, etc, can be disabled with CSS. The color, height, and width can also be modified.

Options to modify cursor style

This is my current CSS. Adding back the cursor blink with a 2 second delay after typing stops before the blinking resumes. The delay gives me time to think. The blinking is impatiently waiting for more words. Helps me with longform writing. /* iAWriter-ish style. The cursor colour in a light theme */ .theme-light .x-cursor { opacity: 1; background: #00bbff; width: 4px; left: -1px; top: -2px; height: calc(6px + var(--cursor-height)); transition: opacity; top: calc…

[davidberreby]

Wow, I didn’t know that. This is perfect! Thanks!