Add a setting for cursor width (#2219)

novelwriter/config.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Config:
         "mainWinSize", "welcomeWinSize", "prefsWinSize", "mainPanePos", "viewPanePos",
         "outlinePanePos", "autoSaveProj", "autoSaveDoc", "emphLabels", "backupOnClose",
         "askBeforeBackup", "askBeforeExit", "textFont", "textWidth", "textMargin", "tabWidth",
-        "focusWidth",  "hideFocusFooter", "showFullPath", "autoSelect", "doJustify",
+        "cursorWidth", "focusWidth", "hideFocusFooter", "showFullPath", "autoSelect", "doJustify",
         "showTabsNSpaces", "showLineEndings", "showMultiSpaces", "doReplace", "doReplaceSQuote",
         "doReplaceDQuote", "doReplaceDash", "doReplaceDots", "autoScroll", "autoScrollPos",
         "scrollPastEnd", "dialogStyle", "allowOpenDial", "dialogLine", "narratorBreak",
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class Config:
         self.textWidth       = 700      # Editor text width
         self.textMargin      = 40       # Editor/viewer text margin
         self.tabWidth        = 40       # Editor tabulator width
+        self.cursorWidth     = 1        # Editor cursor width
 
         self.focusWidth      = 800      # Focus Mode text width
         self.hideFocusFooter = False    # Hide document footer in Focus Mode
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ class Config:
         self.textWidth       = conf.rdInt(sec, "width", self.textWidth)
         self.textMargin      = conf.rdInt(sec, "margin", self.textMargin)
         self.tabWidth        = conf.rdInt(sec, "tabwidth", self.tabWidth)
+        self.cursorWidth     = conf.rdInt(sec, "cursorwidth", self.cursorWidth)
         self.focusWidth      = conf.rdInt(sec, "focuswidth", self.focusWidth)
         self.hideFocusFooter = conf.rdBool(sec, "hidefocusfooter", self.hideFocusFooter)
         self.doJustify       = conf.rdBool(sec, "justify", self.doJustify)
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ class Config:
             "width":           str(self.textWidth),
             "margin":          str(self.textMargin),
             "tabwidth":        str(self.tabWidth),
+            "cursorwidth":     str(self.cursorWidth),
             "focuswidth":      str(self.focusWidth),
             "hidefocusfooter": str(self.hideFocusFooter),
             "justify":         str(self.doJustify),

novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py

@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
             self.tr("Apply formatting to word under cursor if no selection is made.")
         )
 
+        # Cursor Width
+        self.cursorWidth = NSpinBox(self)
+        self.cursorWidth.setMinimum(1)
+        self.cursorWidth.setMaximum(20)
+        self.cursorWidth.setSingleStep(1)
+        self.cursorWidth.setValue(CONFIG.cursorWidth)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            self.tr("Cursor Width"), self.cursorWidth,
+            self.tr("The width of the editor cursor."),
+            unit=self.tr("px")
+        )
+
         # Show Tabs and Spaces
         self.showTabsNSpaces = NSwitch(self)
         self.showTabsNSpaces.setChecked(CONFIG.showTabsNSpaces)
@@ -1010,6 +1022,7 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
         # Text Editing
         CONFIG.spellLanguage   = self.spellLanguage.currentData()
         CONFIG.autoSelect      = self.autoSelect.isChecked()
+        CONFIG.cursorWidth     = self.cursorWidth.value()
         CONFIG.showTabsNSpaces = self.showTabsNSpaces.isChecked()
         CONFIG.showLineEndings = self.showLineEndings.isChecked()
 

novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -367,8 +367,9 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
         else:
             self.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(QtScrollAsNeeded)
 
-        # Refresh the tab stops
+        # Refresh sizes
         self.setTabStopDistance(CONFIG.tabWidth)
+        self.setCursorWidth(CONFIG.cursorWidth)
 
         # If we have a document open, we should refresh it in case the
         # font changed, otherwise we just clear the editor entirely,

tests/reference/baseConfig_novelwriter.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Meta]
-timestamp = 2025-01-29 11:56:34
+timestamp = 2025-02-06 11:05:16
 
 [Main]
 font = 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ textfont =
 width = 700
 margin = 40
 tabwidth = 40
+cursorwidth = 1
 focuswidth = 800
 hidefocusfooter = False
 justify = False

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_preferences.py

@@ -242,11 +242,13 @@ def testDlgPreferences_Settings(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
     # Text Editing
     prefs.spellLanguage.setCurrentIndex(prefs.spellLanguage.findData("de"))
     prefs.autoSelect.setChecked(False)
+    prefs.cursorWidth.setValue(5)
     prefs.showTabsNSpaces.setChecked(True)
     prefs.showLineEndings.setChecked(True)
 
     assert CONFIG.spellLanguage != "de"
     assert CONFIG.autoSelect is True
+    assert CONFIG.cursorWidth == 1
     assert CONFIG.showTabsNSpaces is False
     assert CONFIG.showLineEndings is False
 
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ def testDlgPreferences_Settings(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
     # Text Editing
     assert CONFIG.spellLanguage == "de"
     assert CONFIG.autoSelect is False
+    assert CONFIG.cursorWidth == 5
     assert CONFIG.showTabsNSpaces is True
     assert CONFIG.showLineEndings is True