weebkent@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?weebkent@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 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-squarethemusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up88arrow-down4·11 months agoIt exists so that you know where a character will appear when you press a key on the keyboard. It blinks because it’s hard to find a line on a page of lines. I realise what sub we’re on, but this is pushing it…
minus-squaremaster5o1@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agoNothing will top the r/nostupidquestions favourite of [Is Stephen pronounced like Stephen?](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/3bmo28/is_stephen_pronounced_the_same_as_stephen/]
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months ago …sub we’re on (…) this is pushing it … Lol ! Could be on explain like I’m 5
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·11 months agoMore important reason for it blinking is so you know it isn’t a character |
minus-squarethemusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·11 months agoThat’s more or less what I said, isn’t it?
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 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.
It exists so that you know where a character will appear when you press a key on the keyboard.
It blinks because it’s hard to find a line on a page of lines.
I realise what sub we’re on, but this is pushing it…
Nothing will top the r/nostupidquestions favourite of [Is Stephen pronounced like Stephen?](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/3bmo28/is_stephen_pronounced_the_same_as_stephen/]
Lol ! Could be on explain like I’m 5
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.