Cursor changes color at the begining and end-of-line

[italomaia]

Summary

I noticed that when using the "bar" cursor shape, the cursor color changes when the cursor is at the beginning or end of a line.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. Make sure cursor-shape is "bar"
2. hx
3. go into insert_mode
4. type "hello"

I expected this to happen: cursor should keep its color regardless of the position.

Instead, this happened: cursor changes color

I tried with different themes, including the default theme and had the same result.

Helix log

Nothing in the logs

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

xfce4-terminal

Installation Method

snap

Helix Version

helix 24.3 (2cadec0)

[the-mikedavis]

Can you attach a asciicast / gif / video?

[italomaia]

As can be seen above, the cursor changes color depending on its position when the shape is bar.

As can be seen above, the cursor keeps its color regardless of t he position.

[CptPotato]

If I remember correctly, the color of the bar cursor is controlled by the terminal emulator, not the application.

[rizo]

Thanks @CptPotato. I think this should be mentioned in the docs. In many themes it becomes impossible to see the cursor.