Setting accessibility preferences

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:
  1. Select Windows > Preferences.
  2. Expand the tree node for General > Editors > Text Editors and select Accessibility.
  3. 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.