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Bug 780434 - Re-introduce caret/cursor width configuration option
Re-introduce caret/cursor width configuration option
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Accessibility
3.89.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/is...
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-03-23 09:04 UTC by Colomban Wendling
Modified: 2018-04-17 08:12 UTC
See Also:
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Description Colomban Wendling 2017-03-23 09:04:51 UTC
Caret (text insertion cursor) width was configurable until 3.22.x (included) using the 'cursor-aspect-ratio' style property.  This is a useful feature especially for low-vision people where the traditional thin caret is not always visible enough.  Combined with caret color those were 2 great options for them, which some accessibility themes had been taking advantage of.

However, this got removed in https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=master&id=281c1e4fe547973df320c68836713b9ecd3f9688 and https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?h=master&id=9fd1a1bbe30fba7a28877871da5b412db6f101c0 as part of the style properties removal.

It would be very nice if this feature was re-introduced somehow, be it as a "true" CSS rule or something else.
Comment 1 Alex ARNAUD 2018-03-23 18:39:48 UTC
Any input on this bug? 

Windows provides this feature, GTK2 and GTK3 has provided this feature.

To make GTK completely universal, including visual-impaired people we need to be able to customize things like the caret cursor width.

What can I tell to a user that needs this feature?

Best regards,
Alex.
Comment 2 Timm Bäder 2018-03-24 08:26:27 UTC
> What can I tell to a user that needs this feature?

That gtk4 hasn't been released yet and that there's an open bug report about it. I have no idea how it will be or should be re-introduced though.
Comment 3 Samuel Thibault 2018-04-17 07:25:15 UTC
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Comment 4 Samuel Thibault 2018-04-17 07:25:32 UTC
I have reported the issue on gitlab: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/188
Comment 5 Daniel Boles 2018-04-17 08:12:02 UTC
It would've been moved to GitLab soon anyway. In the meantime, I don't think it's useful if people do that manually, meaning this now has to be closed by someone else to avoid us having 2 later...