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Cursor not visible in Vim mode #1273
Description
Current behavior
While in Vim mode, the cursor is invisible on empty lines. This is reproducible in every note. Reproducible in Mac, Debian, and online versions.
https://i.imgur.com/83F6ceb.png
Expected behavior
The cursor should be visible on empty lines, displayed in blinking block format.
Steps to reproduce
Open a new or existing note. Enter Insert mode and type a few lines. Exit to Command mode. Navigate to an empty line using "H" or "J". Notice that your cursor is invisible on empty lines.
Not much else to say. It happens to me every time on every note.
Environment
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Web
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Mac
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Debian
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Boost Note.next version: 0.22.0
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OS version and name: Kubuntu 20.04, MacOS Big Sur 11.6
Activity
Komediruzecki commentedon Oct 18, 2021
Hi,
I can confirm the issue, I'll notice the team so we can resolve this quickly.
Komediruzecki commentedon Oct 26, 2021
Hello,
I investigated the issue, this seems to be a general Codemirror bug, codemirror/codemirror5#6312
which means if we are using VIM mode and
contenteditablein Codemirror editor, the VIM cursor on an empty line won't be shown. So it is either moving totextareamode (and losing IME working properly) or waiting for the Codemirror to fix this.I made a comment on the issue, if this will be resolved quickly, we will just update the Codemirror version, otherwise, we should see for some other solutions.
jason-pollock commentedon Jan 23, 2023
Looks like Codemirror has fixed the bug causing this issue, yet the issue persists in Boost Note. Any chance of revisiting this issue? Get Vim mode working again?