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How to make the blinker/cursor in a text field wider or thicker

  1. I'm trying to make the blinking cursor in the text boxes wider/thicker so it shows up better. I can't figure out the css to do this. Can you give me a tip? I'm trying to do it on http://www.howellfarmlodging.com

    Thanks a bunch. You have a great plugin.

    Bryan

    Posted 11 years ago on Tuesday January 15, 2013 | Permalink
  2. The width of the blinking cursor in the text box is determined by the client (normally a web browser.) I don't think there is an easy way for you to control the width of the line. You can change the cursor to other things, but they would not be something that people expect to see (you would be messing with browser conventions.)

    Here are the types of cursors available in CSS:
    http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_class_cursor.asp

    There are also JavaScript ways of changing the cursor, but those don't work the same across all browsers and are generallyt considered annoying as well.

    Posted 11 years ago on Tuesday January 15, 2013 | Permalink
  3. Oh well...thanks for the quick response
    bc

    Posted 11 years ago on Tuesday January 15, 2013 | Permalink
  4. You're welcome. It's a browser function really with not a lot of support for changing it. I think if you change the colors as you mentioned before you will be OK.

    Posted 11 years ago on Tuesday January 15, 2013 | Permalink