How can I stop the text cursor from blinking in InDesign for Mac?

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April 10, 2021
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According to the InDesign manual, to stop the text cursor from blinking I should go to InDesign Preferences, select Story Editor, and deselect the Blink checkbox.

I do this and it has no effect, whether I have a document open in InDesign or not. Can anyone help?

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myva

New Participant

If you have PS open, just close it and the cursor will stop blinking in InDesign and Illustrator.

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tiffanyj43673984Author

Inspiring

I was really hoping this would work, and so appreciate the answer! I usually *do* have PhotoShop open. But I tried it and it didn't work, at least in Indesign 2024. Bummer!!

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

The kind of blinking that stops by closing PS is when it not only blinks but it jitters when you are moving it and placing it. But i think i have read that there is a place where you can lower the blinks as well as using the Story Editor, for those that prefer that option.

This is an old thread. Your issue sounds like a video card driver being out of date.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

Blinking text-editing cursors are a standard, default setting, not something you can usually control--but some programs do have overrides. InDesign's Story Editor settings are only for when you are using the Story Editor view, not in the layout view.

You can try changing the OS settings with some Terminal commands. Here is a website I googled:

http://macissues.com/2014/12/08/how-to-change-your-macs-text-cursor-blink-rate/

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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tiffanyj43673984Author

Inspiring

Thank you, Creamer Training! I didn't even know there was such a thing as Story Editor view. I used that and sure enough, the mouse cursor stopped blinking. The only bad thing is that the text goes right up to the edge of the window, which I find visually distracting / unfriendly, and I can find no way to add a margin to either side.

I did try the Terminal commands but no luck in either Word or InDesign; the cursor blinks at the same rate no matter what rate I specify. It was worth a try, though!