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Christof Schardt
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 Posted - Apr 18 2014 : 12:00:25 PM
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VAX running on VS2005.
I just migrated from XP to 7.
Now the cursor is flickering.
How can I get rid of this?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 18 2014 : 1:59:28 PM
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Do you mean the caret, the text insert point in the file, or the actual mouse cursor its self?
The caret is supposed to flash on and off, and I believe you can configure the flash rate somewhere in Windows Control Panel, probably under keyboard.
Are you working locally, or over some form of remote desktop connection? Is this the only visual element that is flickering? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Christof Schardt
Junior Member
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Posted - Apr 18 2014 : 3:24:05 PM
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It is the caret.
It is not the blinking (which is about one on-off per second),
it is a more frequent on/off. Look here:
http://screencast.com/t/85R7EVnIo
It looks slower in the video. In reality it is more "nervous".
I'm working locally. I did not have this effect before setting up the machine for windows 7.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 18 2014 : 6:32:56 PM
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Can you please go into Windows Control Panel and search for "keyboard", using the search field in the top right hand corner. Under the heading Keyboard, the second item should be "Change cursor blink rate". Can you please go into these settings, and see if changing the Cursor blink rate slider has any effect.
Are you only seeing this problem in Visual Studio, or in other programs as well?
I would not expect VA to be causing this, but clearly something is causing this. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Christof Schardt
Junior Member
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Posted - Apr 19 2014 : 02:43:32 AM
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Changing system setting does not affect the flicker (the flicker is just at higher frequence than the blinking).
Other programs do not have problems.
Disabeling VA removes the problem.
Further observation: cpp/h-files are ok, txt-files are flickering.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 19 2014 : 9:02:50 PM
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Strange, VA should largely ignore txt files, since they are not code files.
Can you please try adding ".txt;" to:
VA Options -> File Handling -> Extensions to ignore
and restarting your IDE. Does this make any difference? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
Edited by - feline on Apr 19 2014 9:03:08 PM |
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Christof Schardt
Junior Member
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Posted - Apr 20 2014 : 03:05:24 AM
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I tried it, but no success.
Only disabling helped. |
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Christof Schardt
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Posted - Apr 20 2014 : 03:35:07 AM
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Correction: Apparently the "ignore"-setting takes effect only after a restart of the IDE.
In other words: After restarting the IDE the flickering vanished.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 21 2014 : 09:06:02 AM
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| Thank you for the update, I am glad this fixed the problem for you. |
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Flickering after Windwos update
