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Ok, dumb question: how do I change the cursor size or color for Eclipse or any of the MyEclipse plugins? Right now, it is a thick pipe character (like |). I’d prefer a block if I could (call me old, but I like a block and it makes it easier to track on the screen).
If I can’t get a block cursor, how do I make it neon orange or something so it screams at me–cause I’m losing track of it when it is in the first column (it disappears against the folding bar fairly easily with its default settings).
BTW, I found how to make the carret thick–but that’s not much help. And I know I could use line highlighting–I don’t want to. That’s too distracting 😉
And if block cursors aren’t available, consider this a feature request 😀
I’d prefer a block if I could (call me old, but I like a block and it makes it easier to track on the screen).
You can press Insert to use the overwrite mode, but I am not aware of a universal way to change the caret, it would have to be uspported by the Eclipse platform, and I have not seen that setting anywhere I recall. Have you tried asking in the Eclipse newsgroup?
If I can’t get a block cursor, how do I make it neon orange or something so it screams at me–cause I’m losing track of it when it is in the first column (it disappears against the folding bar fairly easily with its default settings).
How did you change it? Again I’m not aware of a way to change it’s color.
@support-rkalla wrote:
You can press Insert to use the overwrite mode, but I am not aware of a universal way to change the caret, it would have to be uspported by the Eclipse platform, and I have not seen that setting anywhere I recall. Have you tried asking in the Eclipse newsgroup?
No, I’ll try posting there. Sigh. I was hoping I was missing something.
@support-rkalla wrote:
How did you change it? Again I’m not aware of a way to change it’s color.
No, I was asking how to change the color. As of yet, I can’t find a way to do that.
Currently, the cursor is some kind of brownish color (I guess the default). If I could make it bright yellow, it would be better–since I use a dark background for coding.
Eclipse is hard on us old Emacs/TURBO Pascal hounds 😉
Thanks for your reply!
