Blinking Cursor Custom character

Question

Hi all, I want to do a blinking typewriter effect with the preset:Blinking Cursor Typewriting ConsoleI want to have a dot as the blinking cursor, but it is not available as an option.I can however edit the list via the Edit button on the top right.But everything I enter, will lead to the cursor spelling "undefined" Does anyone have an idea where I can define these custom characters?Thank you!!

ShiveringCactus · Accepted Answer

If you expand the text layer so that you can see the sourceText property and then view the expression on it, you'll see this code:

var t = text.sourceText;
var l = t.length;
var a = effect("Animation")(1);
var c = ["|","_","—","<",">","«","»","^"];
var d = effect("Cursor Shape")(1).value;
var reveal = t.slice(0, l*linear(a,0,100,0,1));
reveal + c[d-1];

The variable c in the code is an array of different characters that the Cursor shape is pointing to. So the simplest option is to replace one of the characters with a dot. I got this one: ● from https://copychar.cc/

var t = text.sourceText;
var l = t.length;
var a = effect("Animation")(1);
var c = ["●","_","—","<",">","«","»","^"];
var d = effect("Cursor Shape")(1).value;
var reveal = t.slice(0, l*linear(a,0,100,0,1));
reveal + c[d-1];

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