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Plugin: cursor #

Cursor #

Snippet to partially increase cursor thickness #

The characters are not typos!

Reference: Core styles of the default cursors, obtained from inspection
.ͼ1.cm-focused {
  outline: 1px dotted #212121;
}

.ͼ1 {
  position: relative !important;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: flex !important;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-scroller {
  display: flex !important;
  align-items: flex-start !important;
  font-family: monospace;
  line-height: 1.4;
  height: 100%;
  overflow-x: auto;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 0;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-content[contenteditable=true] {
  -webkit-user-modify: read-write-plaintext-only;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-content {
  margin: 0;
  flex-grow: 2;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: block;
  white-space: pre;
  word-wrap: normal;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 4px 0;
  outline: none;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-lineWrapping {
  white-space: pre-wrap;
  white-space: break-spaces;
  word-break: break-word;
  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  flex-shrink: 1;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-content {
  caret-color: black;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-content {
  caret-color: white;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-line {
  display: block;
  padding: 0 2px 0 6px;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-layer>* {
  position: absolute;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-layer {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  contain: size style;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-selectionBackground {
  background: #d9d9d9;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-selectionBackground {
  background: #222;
}

.ͼ2.cm-focused>.cm-scroller>.cm-selectionLayer .cm-selectionBackground {
  background: #d7d4f0;
}

.ͼ3.cm-focused>.cm-scroller>.cm-selectionLayer .cm-selectionBackground {
  background: #233;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-cursorLayer {
  pointer-events: none;
}

.ͼ1.cm-focused>.cm-scroller>.cm-cursorLayer {
  animation: steps(1) cm-blink 1.2s infinite;
}

@keyframes cm-blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@keyframes cm-blink2 {
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

.ͼ1 .cm-cursor,
.ͼ1 .cm-dropCursor {
  border-left: 1.2px solid black;
  margin-left: -0.6px;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-cursor {
  display: none;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-cursor {
  border-left-color: #444;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-dropCursor {
  position: absolute;
}

.ͼ1.cm-focused>.cm-scroller>.cm-cursorLayer .cm-cursor {
  display: block;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-activeLine {
  background-color: #cceeff44;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-activeLine {
  background-color: #99eeff33;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-specialChar {
  color: red;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-specialChar {
  color: #f78;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-gutters {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: flex;
  height: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 200;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-gutters {
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #6c6c6c;
  border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-gutters {
  background-color: #333338;
  color: #ccc;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-gutter {
  display: flex !important;
  flex-direction: column;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  min-height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-gutterElement {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-lineNumbers .cm-gutterElement {
  padding: 0 3px 0 5px;
  min-width: 20px;
  text-align: right;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-activeLineGutter {
  background-color: #e2f2ff;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-activeLineGutter {
  background-color: #222227;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-panels {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: sticky;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-panels {
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: black;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-panels-top {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-panels-bottom {
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-panels {
  background-color: #333338;
  color: white;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-tab {
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-widgetBuffer {
  vertical-align: text-top;
  height: 1em;
  width: 0;
  display: inline;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-placeholder {
  color: #888;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-highlightSpace:before {
  content: attr(data-display);
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  color: #888;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-highlightTab {
  background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="200" height="20"><path stroke="%23888" stroke-width="1" fill="none" d="M1 10H196L190 5M190 15L196 10M197 4L197 16"/></svg>');
  background-size: auto 100%;
  background-position: right 90%;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-trailingSpace {
  background-color: #ff332255;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-button {
  vertical-align: middle;
  color: inherit;
  font-size: 70%;
  padding: .2em 1em;
  border-radius: 1px;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-button:active {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#b4b4b4, #d0d3d6);
}

.ͼ2 .cm-button {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#eff1f5, #d9d9df);
  border: 1px solid #888;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-button:active {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#111, #333);
}

.ͼ3 .cm-button {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#393939, #111);
  border: 1px solid #888;
}

.ͼ1 .cm-textfield {
  vertical-align: middle;
  color: inherit;
  font-size: 70%;
  border: 1px solid silver;
  padding: .2em .5em;
}

.ͼ2 .cm-textfield {
  background-color: white;
}

.ͼ3 .cm-textfield {
  border: 1px solid #555;
  background-color: inherit;
}

.ͼp .cm-vimMode .cm-cursorLayer:not(.cm-vimCursorLayer) {
  display: none;
}

.ͼp .cm-vim-panel {
  padding: 0px 10px;
  font-family: monospace;
  min-height: 1.3em;
}

.ͼp .cm-vim-panel input {
  border: none;
  outline: none;
}

.ͼo .cm-vimMode .cm-line {
  caret-color: transparent !important;
}

.ͼo .cm-fat-cursor {
  position: absolute;
  border: none;
  white-space: pre;
}

.ͼo.cm-focused .cm-fat-cursor {
  background: var(--interactive-accent);
  color: var(--text-on-accent);
}

.ͼo:not(.cm-focused) .cm-fat-cursor {
  outline: solid 1px #ff9696;
  color: transparent !important;
}

There are two types of cursors, .cm-cursor (end-border of selection) and .cm-dropCursor (caret when user is typing). The following style only works on the former, using accent colour from iB theme, with default accent as fallback.

/* disable animation for cm-cursor */
.ͼ1.cm-focused>.cm-scroller>.cm-cursorLayer {
  animation: none !important;
}

/* colour and width for cm-cursor */
/* dropCursor does not work for some reason */
/* mimics fat-cursor */
/* better than border-left method for more consistent sizes */
/* colour: iB theme, with default theme as fallback  */
.ͼ1 .cm-cursor,
.ͼ1 .cm-dropCursor {
  visibility: visible !important;
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  border: none;
  white-space: pre;
  outline: 1px solid var(--indicator-color, var(--interactive-accent));
  color: transparent !important;
  margin-left: 0.5px;
}

/* colour for cm-dropCursor */
.markdown-source-view.mod-cm6 .cm-content {
  caret-color: var(--indicator-color, var(--interactive-accent));
}

Ninja cursor #

Repo: vrtmrz/ninja-cursor

After making little changes to this comment in the Ninja cursor repository, I finally feel like this plugin could be a serious default cursor alternative (on desktop). Still not perfect, because the huge cursor bar on left when you select multiple lines still exists, but during typing it is a much more pleasant experience than the default cursor.

Notes for Obsidian iOS:

  1. When made thick and tall enough, the x-cursor will cover (not replace) the blinking cursor on iOS as well. The numbers below are tested minimals for this purpose.
  2. After launching Obsidian, the plugin takes a few seconds (I guess maybe even on some less powerful desktop devices) to start-up, before which you will see the default cursor;
  3. During scrolling, the x-cursor will stay at its on-screen position (as opposed to: in-text position) for a split second, and may stay there until tapping at a new position. If your main writing device is iOS, this is experience-breaking.

If you want to use this solution, disable the previous cursor snippet, and add the following instead. I changed the width and height, and the blinking animation. You cannot write animation: none to stop it, because that will leave you with no cursor. Unfortunately I think it is just how this plugin works.

/* iAWriter-ish style. */
.cursorWrapper .x-cursor {
  background: var(--indicator-color, var(--interactive-accent));
  width: 3px;
  left: -1px;
  top: calc(-5px - var(--header-height));
  height: calc(10px + var(--cursor-height));
  transition: opacity;
}
/* The cursor colour in a light theme */
.theme-light .x-cursor {
  background: var(--indicator-color, var(--interactive-accent));
}
/*The cursor colour in a dark theme */
.theme-dark .x-cursor {
  /* replace if you want purple cursor
  background: rgba(225,187, 225, 1); */
  background: var(--indicator-color, var(--interactive-accent));
}

/* 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;
}

/* Changed the numbers so that it never blinks */
@keyframes blink1 {
  0%   { opacity: 1; }
  45%  { opacity: 1; }
  50%  { opacity: 1; }
  95%  { opacity: 1; }
  100% { opacity: 1; }
}

@keyframes blink0 {
  0%   { opacity: 1; }
  45%  { opacity: 1; }
  50%  { opacity: 1; }
  95%  { opacity: 1; }
  100% { opacity: 1; }
}