Modify the outline of the 'cursor' in an editbox

[Miiru]

Hey,

I have been playing around with modifying the default UI's fontstrings. I added an outline to the editbox's input but i noticed something weird: It also adds on outline to the "|" which indicates where the cursor is positioned.

Is there a possibility to 'exclude' the cursor from being outlined? I added a picture for clarification. Showing the cursor with outline and without. You can clearly see the difference in spacing.

[Aftermathhqt]

Originally Posted by Miiru Hey, I have been playing around with modifying the default UI's fontstrings. I added an outline to the editbox's input but i noticed something weird: It also adds on outline to the "|" which indicates where the cursor is positioned. Is there a possibility to 'exclude' the cursor from being outlined? I added a picture for clarification. Showing the cursor with outline and without. You can clearly see the difference in spacing.

What for kind addon are you using to replace your chat? and please link the code

[Miiru]

It seems like i found a work-around for this problem, but it needs some more testing. Especially i need to find a way to apply it to all text-input boxes without having to define them all. The chat-input should be the most important one though.

ChatFrame1EditBox:HookScript("OnCursorChanged",function(self) 
    local kids = { self:GetRegions() }; 
    for _, child in ipairs(kids) do
        if child:GetWidth() < 3 then
            local point, relativeTo, relativePoint, xOfs, yOfs = child:GetPoint()
            child:SetPoint(point, relativeTo, relativePoint, xOfs-1.5, yOfs )
        end
    end
end)

Result:



edit: I found an even simpler solution:

ChatFrame1EditBox:HookScript("OnCursorChanged",function(self) 
local kids = { self:GetRegions() }
local point, relativeTo, relativePoint, xOfs, yOfs = kids[2]:GetPoint()
kids[2]:SetPoint(point, relativeTo, relativePoint, kids[1]:GetStringWidth()-2.5, yOfs)      
end)