TIP #197 Version 1.1: Text Widget Persistant Cursor

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Abstract

This TIP proposes a simple extension to the Tk text widget to allow the insertion cursor to persist when the window containing the text widget does not have focus.

Rationale

In some cases it is useful to redirect text from one top-level window into a separate top-level window containing a text widget. In such a case, it is helpful to be able to see the cursor in the text widget. However, as implemented, the Tk text widget always erases the insert cursor when the window loses focus. It is a trivial fix to add an option -insertpersist to the text widget that keeps the text cursor in the window.

Specification

The extension would provide a global text widget option -insertpersist with a boolean value. The current behaviour would be the default.

text tk_path -insertpersist [true|false]

Reference Implementation

[To come.]

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.

This is not necessarily the current version of this TIP.