Request : make CaretComponent width customisable

General JUCE discussion
1

The caret width is hardcoded to 2 :

void CaretComponent::setCaretPosition (const Rectangle<int>& characterArea)
{
    startTimer (380);
    setVisible (shouldBeShown());
    setBounds (characterArea.withWidth (2));
}

But it is waaaaaay much more sexy with 1 !
(perhaps it can also be useful to make it thicker, terminal-like)

Edit : oh, it’s a virtual method actually "You can override this method to customise its size."
:grin:

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2

I’d still like, for simplicity, a method in CaretComponent to set the caret width.

Rail

3

I’d like this too.

It’s a right maze. TextEditor->LookAndFeel->createCaretComponent just to set the width.

4

I agree, a setCaretWidth() or something would be much better.
I actually just needed this again just 2 days ago! Here is the code to put in the lookAndFeel (for an hardcoded width of 1) :

struct ThinnerCaretComponent : public CaretComponent
{
    using CaretComponent::CaretComponent;

    void setCaretPosition (const juce::Rectangle<int>& characterArea) override
    {
        CaretComponent::setCaretPosition (characterArea);
        setBounds (characterArea.withWidth (1));
    }
};

CaretComponent* createCaretComponent (Component* keyFocusOwner) override
{
    return new ThinnerCaretComponent (keyFocusOwner);
}
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