The appearance of the caret used in the text editor can be changed by setting preferences on the Accessibility preferences panel.
- Use the Window menu to select Preferences..
- Expand the tree node for General, then Editors,
then Text Editors. The Accessibility preferences
panel is shown here:
The following preferences can be changed:
| Use custom caret | This option replaces the original caret with a custom caret and shows a different caret for Overwrite and Insert mode. | On |
| Enable thick caret | This option replaces the original caret with a more visible, thicker caret. | On |
| Use characters to show changes on line number bar | Quick Diff shows the changes in a vertical ruler using colors. Color blind persons can enable this option to show the differences with different characters in the line number ruler. | Off |