weebkent@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?weebkent@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
It’s the vertical line that blinks in text boxes and documents when you edit. Other than that I don’t know much about it.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·9 months agoMore important reason for it blinking is so you know it isn’t a character |
minus-squarethemusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·9 months agoThat’s more or less what I said, isn’t it?
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI mean so you literally don’t confuse it with a character, as opposed to making it noticeable in a long string of characters. Both are important.
More important reason for it blinking is so you know it isn’t a character |
That’s more or less what I said, isn’t it?
I mean so you literally don’t confuse it with a character, as opposed to making it noticeable in a long string of characters. Both are important.