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TextMesh Pro TMPro: Caret randomly disappearing (always shows in editor; not game)

Discussion in 'UGUI & TextMesh Pro' started by MrLucid72, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. MrLucid72

    MrLucid72

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    If I have a TMP_Input, sometimes it will show the caret and sometimes it will not. Within the editor, it always shows it. While playing, each new character MAY "reset" the caret to show, but not always. See below for missing caret in player, but not editor:

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    This is easier seen as a GIF. Note the inconsistency: Even repeating "t" will sometimes show caret, and sometimes hide. This confuses end-users, as it looks like they accidentally unfocused the input:



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    MrLucid72, Feb 25, 2020
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  2. Antistone

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    Hypothesis: the caret is less than 1 pixel wide, and the width gets "rounded" differently depending on where "within" the pixel the caret happens to fall. (Another poster on this forum recently had this problem with strikethrough.)

    On the input field settings, try increasing the caret width and see if that affects the behavior.
     
    Antistone, Feb 25, 2020
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  3. psuarez98

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    Were you able to solve this? I have the exact same problem and changing the Caret width didn't solve it :(
     
    psuarez98, Jan 10, 2021
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  4. psuarez98

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    Nevermind. Changing the Caret width to an even bigger value (say 4 or 5) solved it!
     
    psuarez98, Jan 10, 2021
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