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This may sound odd... but I am working on an app that needs to "look" like a very old terminal style application -- i.e. 80 col x 25 row of fixed width monochrome text . I've been able to mock up all of the needed UI to make it work and look the way I need with one exception, the flashing cursor for text entry into a field.

The normal text cursor in LC is a flashing vertical bar; but I am trying to find a way to change the shape of the text cursor to a flashing block (and be able to change the color of the cursor). I'm not seeing away to change this in the dictionary. The only cursor related commands I see are the mouse pointer, not the text cursor.

Does anyone know of any tricks to change the text cursor?

Hi.

I could be wrong, but I think that blinking cursor is drawn by the OS. Might it be possible to place a blinking image or even a widget in its place? Sure. But then how would you, er, sync the blink?

Craig Newman