weebkent to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 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 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 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-up10arrow-down3·5 months agoMore important reason for it blinking is so you know it isn’t a character |
minus-squarethemusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·5 months agoThat’s more or less what I said, isn’t it?
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 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.