Hey, that did it! Thanks!
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Here’s my updated snippet that incorporates all the fixes as well as solves the latest bug with the cursor blinking during typing as well as the cursor sometimes not blinking when idle. In the code I did reduce the animation delay to 1 second.
/* iAWriter-ish style. */
.cursorWrapper .x-cursor {
background: rgba(49, 177, 235, 1);
width: 3px;
left: -1px;
top: calc( -6px - var(--header-height));;
height: calc(12px + var(--cursor-height));
transition: opacity;
}
/* The cursor colour in a light theme */
.theme-light .x-cursor {
background: rgba(49, 177, 235, 1);
}
/*The cursor colour in a dark theme */
.theme-dark .x-cursor {
/* replace if you want purple cursor
background: rgba(225,187, 225, 1); */
background: rgba(49, 177, 235, 1);
}
/* remove normal cursor when ninjacursor is installed.
Alternative method: caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
*/
body:has(.x-cursor) .cm-editor * {
caret-color: transparent;
}
/* Disable movement effect */
.cursorWrapper .x-cursor::after {
display: none;
}
/* Remove normal cursor on text selection */
.cm-cursorLayer {
animation: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}
/* Blinking */
.cursorWrapper .x-cursor0 {
animation: blink0 1s 1s both infinite;
}
.cursorWrapper .x-cursor1 {
animation: blink1 1s 1s both infinite;
}
@keyframes blink1 {
0% { opacity: 1; }
45% { opacity: 1; }
50% { opacity: 0.3;}
95% { opacity: 0; }
100% { opacity: 0.3; }
}
@keyframes blink0 {
0% { opacity: 1; }
45% { opacity: 1; }
50% { opacity: 0.3;}
95% { opacity: 0; }
100% { opacity: 0.3; }
}
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Thanks for the solution with the Ninja Cursor plugin! Does anyone know how to remove the multi-cursor effect when selecting multiple lines?
Ninja Cursor plugin is used with the snippet proposed by BrambleBrain with small color changes
Thank you, it works really well!
Amazing. Thank you 
I used this fix and the color and width changed but the cursor no sits on the line below where it should be. Am I missing something obvious?
Remove the extra semicolon (;) in top: calc( -6px - var(--header-height));;
Thanks for everyone’s work so far it’s way nicer than default already.
I also have a request/idea for this.
In Vim editing mode, I want the caret to be a solid block overlaid on the text with low opacity when reading/browsing. And then when I hit any key which switches to insert mode (i, a) I want the caret to turn into a vertical blinking caret positioned directly after the overlaid character. Default size, color, and blink rate are all fine. I think this is the default behavior in Vim.
Is this possible?