caret-animation | CSS CSS Properties

An experimental property to control the blinking behavior of the text cursor (caret). Setting it to 'manual' allows you to disable the default blink.

Usage example

textarea.static-cursor {
  /* Experimental: disables the cursor blink */
  caret-animation: manual;
}

Initial value

auto

Inherited

Yes

Applies to

textOrElementsThatAcceptInput

Animation type

discrete

automanual

caret-animation Browser Support

Limited availability 63% global usage

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Not ready for production without a fallback.

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