The appearance of the caret used in the text editor can be changed
by setting preferences on the Accessibility preferences panel.
To set the accessibility preferences:
- Select Windows > Preferences.
- Expand the tree node for General > Editors > Text
Editors and select Accessibility.
- Set the following preferences:
| Option |
Description |
| Use custom caret |
This option replaces
the original caret with a custom caret and shows a different caret for Overwrite
and Insert mode. Default is on. |
| Enable thick caret |
This option replaces
the original caret with a more visible, thicker caret. Default is on. |
| Use characters to show changes in vertical ruler |
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. Default is off. |