Textinput Cursor Options and Enhancements

This release introduces options for textinput cursor behavior and improves subtleties with cursor blinking when multiple textinputs are present.

To change the cursor behavior:

import "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"

m := textinput.NewModel()
m.SetCursorMode(textinput.CursorStatic) // no blinking
m.SetCursorMode(textinput.CursorHide)   // actually, let's hide the cursor
m.SetCursorMode(textinput.CursorBlink)  // jk let's make it blink

Changelog

New

• Cursors now have three modes: CursorBlink, CursorStatic and CursorHide (all of type CursorMode). You can set the cursor mode via textinput’s Model.SetCursor(CursorMode) and get the cursor mode with Model.CursorMode() CursorMode.

Changed

• textinput’s Model.Focus() is now Model.Focus() tea.Cmd. This will initiate a properly timed cursor blink when focusing on a textinput if the cursor mode is set to blink.

Fixed

• After their initial cursor blink (initiated by textinput.Blink() tea.Cmd), textinputs can now only receive blink messages they sent. This prevents textinputs from receiving other textinputs blink messages when focus changes.
• When cursor blink messages are sent, former blink messages in transit are invalidated, eliminating the change of rogue blinks.

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