Notepad++ stylers.model: Edit to change cursor color to white to hide it / stop it from blinking?

Question

In notepad++, I sometimes get annoyed with the blinking of the insertion point. I couldn't find any info on how to hide it. Changing the cursor behavior in Windows' accessibility options only affects Word. I saw a post mentioning how you can edit the "stylers.model" file:

"Yes, you can change the cursor color, edit the stylers.xml. However there is no option to change the type that it is".

Does anyone know what you edit in the stylers.model file to get the blinker to be white. I'm assuming that that would hide it.

Thanks

Answer 1

To stop it blinking, you can do this via the menu.

Settings -> Preferences, then on the "Edit Components" tab, slide the "Blink rate" slider all the way to the "S" (Slow) end. Then it won't blink at all.

I don't know how to change the cursor colour in the ".model" file, but again there is a menu option:

Settings -> Style Configurator.

Then in the "Language" list, select "Global Styles". The "Style" list should then have a "Caret colour" entry. Set that to white / whatever you want.

I'm using v5.3.1, so things may be slightly different in the current version (5.5.1).

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Alternatively, just noticed the "Width" option on that Settings -> Preferences -> Edit Components tab. Set that to zero, and there won't be a cursor at all. No need to change colours, etc.