CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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tet

Reputation: 1407

Transparent cursor on VS Code terminal

Default cursor mode on vscode terminal hides text underneath. I want to see the text when hovering over it with cursor on terminal just like it does on the main section when writing code. When I write some code on the main section (not on terminal) the cursor blinks and it shows text underneath too. This is what I want.

I enabled cursor blinking on terminal and it shows text momentarily when it blinks, but the text gets hidden by cursor blinking again.

The code I tried (settings.json):

"terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true,
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminalCursor.background": "#fff", //white background color
    "terminalCursor.foreground": "#ffffff00" //transparent effect
}

This code makes the cursor not override the text underneath when it blinks, but the block cursor effect is gone and it makes only text white.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1885

Answers (1)

Maestro Dever
Maestro Dever

Reputation: 642

You have made the terminal cursor invisible by setting the foreground opacity to 0 (the last 2 digits of "#ffffff00" ), Set it to something like 80 ("#ffffff80") so it's semi-transparent. Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 5

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