@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 8 months agoWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?message-square18fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the caret made, and why does it blink?@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 8 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-square@themusicmanlink85•8 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•8 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-square@A_Alink9•8 months ago …sub we’re on (…) this is pushing it … Lol ! Could be on explain like I’m 5
minus-square@fidodolinkEnglish7•8 months agoMore important reason for it blinking is so you know it isn’t a character |
minus-square@fidodolinkEnglish2•8 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.