How can I create a blinking cursor?

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I am creating the original textbox control by overriding some methods and inheriting from control class and while overriding onmouseenter method, I want to create a blinking cursor. How can I do it?

Posted 15-Aug-11 22:43pm

can16

Updated 15-Aug-11 23:24pm

LittleYellowBird

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-08-15T23:02:00

Solution 1

You actually want a blinking caret which is the text marker; the cursor is the icon that is controlled by the mouse. Take a look at this link[^] or try a search here on CodeProject for any articles on the subject.

Posted 15-Aug-11 23:02pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Prerak Patel 16-Aug-11 5:05am

You beat me to it. You got a good example link. My 5

Richard MacCutchan 16-Aug-11 5:09am

Thanks, but I just used Bing to find it.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Aug-11 1:52am

Sure, my 5. I wonder who needs a blinking caret? For a record: before mice existed, a caret was named "cursor".
--SA

Richard MacCutchan 17-Aug-11 4:27am

And it still blinked.

Prerak Patel · Answer 2 · 2011-08-15T23:03:00

Solution 2

Try to use API functions - CreateCaret[^], ShowCaret[^], HideCaret[^].
I'll let you know if I find something else with native methods.

Posted 15-Aug-11 23:03pm

Prerak Patel

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Aug-11 1:52am

Yes, a 5.
--SA