Lacquervii/smooth-cursor

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A smooth, comet-mode animated caret for the DSH chat composer textarea — a standalone installable DSH plugin. Replaces the native text caret with a glowing comet that glides across the input as you type, with a configurable trail, accent color, and thickness.

Preview

Features

• Breathing caret — a smooth eased caret that glides to the text position instead of blinking.
• Comet trail — a tapered, fading trail follows the caret while you move it.
• Configurable — enable/disable, trail on/off, accent color (preset swatches or custom picker), thickness (thin / medium / thick).
• IME-aware — measurement respects composition so Chinese/Japanese input stays accurate.
• Browser-local persistence — settings are stored in localStorage; no host restart or round-trip needed.

Install

As a DSH plugin (recommended)

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-smooth-cursor

Or from GitHub:

dsh plugin --profile web add github:Lacquervii/smooth-cursor

Then restart dsh web and find the Input caret row under Settings → General.

Manual (local development)

Clone this repo and add it as a plugin bundle:

git clone https://github.com/Lacquervii/smooth-cursor.git
cd smooth-cursor
pnpm install --ignore-scripts
pnpm build

Then register it in your profile's cordis.patch.yml:

- insert:
    - id: smooth-cursor
      name: dsh-smooth-cursor

Usage

The effect activates whenever the composer textarea has focus. Open Settings → General → Input caret to:

• Toggle the whole effect or just the comet trail.
• Pick an accent color from the swatches, or use the custom color picker.
• Choose the caret thickness.

Development

pnpm install --ignore-scripts
pnpm build     # tsc types + tsdown bundles (node half + client half)
pnpm watch     # incremental rebuild

lib/ is committed so the plugin works straight from a git install even when a package manager blocks the prepare build step.

Acknowledgements

The smooth caret effect of this plugin is inspired by the VSCode smooth cursor concept and references the Obsidian community animated-cursor plugin (Copyright (c) 2025 Kotaindah55 (Sheva Ihza), released under the MIT License). The rendering and integration in this project are independently rewritten for DSH Web, but the effect is inspired by the projects above — many thanks to their authors.

License

MIT