Vim: Do not want blinking cursor in insert mode

[cerk]

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What did you do?

When I enter insert mode, the cursor blinks.

What did you expect to happen?

I want the cursor to change shape, but not to blink.

What happened instead?

The cursor blinked when I entered insert mode.

Technical details:

• VSCode Version: 1.7.2
• VsCodeVim Version: [please ensure you are on the latest] 0.4.9
• OS: Windows 10

This was behavior was recently changed due to this closed issue:
https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues/1105

I cannot stand blinking cursors. Please allow the option to never see a blinking cursor.

[johnfn]

This is configurable by a VSCode setting now.

First, remove any line in your config that looks like this:

"vim.useSolidBlockCursor": true,

Now, add this line to your config.

"editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",

You should now have a solid cursor everywhere.

[cerk]

Thank you! I had added vim.useSolidBlockCursor recently due to another issue and that was my issue.