The last cursor added doesn't blink synchronously with the others

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Steps to reproduce

  • Create a new note with a few lines
  • Alt-Click in a few places to create multiple cursors

Expected result

I would expect the cursors to blink synchronously, like in other text editors with multi cursor functionality. In the legacy editor, the cursors also blink synchronously.

Actual result

The multiple cursors blink at different intervals, which creates visual noise and makes it harder to spot the positions of the cursors at a glance.

Environment

Operating system: macOS Ventura 13.0

Debug info:

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.0.3
	Installer version: v1.0.0
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 22.1.0: Sun Oct  9 20:15:09 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8792.41.9~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 22.1.0
	Login status: not logged in
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Legacy editor: off
	Base theme: dark
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none
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thanks, moved back to bug reports and renamed.

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Hi,
after a year and a half from the report, I can confirm that the problems still stands and it’s very annoying and distracting for those (like me) who are used to work with multiple cursors a lot.

Thanks

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An example of multiple cursors in a UX friendly way is the way VS Code does it. Every time a new cursor is added, the blinking animation for all cursors are reset to the beginning. This keeps them all in sync. The cursors also blink at the exact same interval, so they don’t fall out of sync.

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is there any plan to fix two-year-old bug? this bug is pretty annoying to two things:

  • it makes adding cursor with alt less confident, because not all cursor are present when adding new one, making it unintuitive
  • it makes the editing with multi cursor much less satisfying. editing in lockstep instead of find and paste is such a UX changer, however, it is a bad idea to keep cursors blink asynchronously.

just fix it by

Every time a new cursor is added, the blinking animation for all cursors are reset to the beginning

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Yeah I’ve just ran into this and its extremely distracting.

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FOR THE DEVELOPERS: I’ve got the same problem. Maybe my debug information (another system where it doesn’t work) is useful. Please fix it :frowning: .

Here is video about the bug (because videos are always better than words): youtu.be/HfqgFrdwiIc

I’m not allowed to add links according to the system. I’ve removed the https://.

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.8.10
	Installer version: v1.8.9
	Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22631
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: none
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none