Is it possible to have a block cursor in sublime text 3?

Question

Not sure it is most appropriate to post it here. I don't find it on either Sublime's official/unofficial documents or the web.

Anyone has a solution to have a vim/terminal type block cursor in sublime text?

Any suggestion is welcome. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You can try out the package that @user2365566 mentioned. I personally didn't like the way that cursor looked.

Here is an alternative, just add following into your Preferences.sublime-settings:

{
    "caret_extra_width": 5,
    "caret_style": "solid",
    "wide_caret": true
}

You can change the caret_extra_width number to whatever you like, based on how wide you want the cursor to be.

Answer 2

This is now possible as of Build 3190 (from 19 February 2019). You can enable this with

"block_caret": true

in your user settings. Your theme may not have a style for this, so if the default color of the caret isn't to your liking, it can be changed in your theme by adding

<key>blockCaret</key>
<string>#FFCC00</string>

into your theme's settings section. It will look something like this: