Merge pull request #5009 from Tyriar/tyriar/4987

Fix dom cursor blink animation and improve readability

Author: Tyriar

src/browser/renderer/dom/DomRenderer.ts

@@ -183,14 +183,23 @@ export class DomRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
       ` font-style: italic;` +
       `}`;
     // Blink animation
+    const blinkAnimationUnderlineId = `blink_underline_${this._terminalClass}`;
+    const blinkAnimationBarId = `blink_bar_${this._terminalClass}`;
+    const blinkAnimationBlockId = `blink_block_${this._terminalClass}`;
     styles +=
-      `@keyframes blink_box_shadow` + `_` + this._terminalClass + ` {` +
+      `@keyframes ${blinkAnimationUnderlineId} {` +
       ` 50% {` +
       `  border-bottom-style: hidden;` +
       ` }` +
       `}`;
     styles +=
-      `@keyframes blink_block` + `_` + this._terminalClass + ` {` +
+      `@keyframes ${blinkAnimationBarId} {` +
+      ` 50% {` +
+      `  box-shadow: none;` +
+      ` }` +
+      `}`;
+    styles +=
+      `@keyframes ${blinkAnimationBlockId} {` +
       ` 0% {` +
       `  background-color: ${colors.cursor.css};` +
       `  color: ${colors.cursorAccent.css};` +
@@ -202,13 +211,23 @@ export class DomRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
       `}`;
     // Cursor
     styles +=
-      `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS}.${FOCUS_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_BLINK_CLASS}:not(.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK_CLASS}) {` +
-      ` animation: blink_box_shadow` + `_` + this._terminalClass + ` 1s step-end infinite;` +
+      `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS}.${FOCUS_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_BLINK_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_UNDERLINE_CLASS} {` +
+      ` animation: ${blinkAnimationUnderlineId} 1s step-end infinite;` +
+      `}` +
+      `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS}.${FOCUS_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_BLINK_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_BAR_CLASS} {` +
+      ` animation: ${blinkAnimationBarId} 1s step-end infinite;` +
       `}` +
       `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS}.${FOCUS_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_BLINK_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK_CLASS} {` +
-      ` animation: blink_block` + `_` + this._terminalClass + ` 1s step-end infinite;` +
+      ` animation: ${blinkAnimationBlockId} 1s step-end infinite;` +
       `}` +
+      // !important helps fix an issue where the cursor will not render on top of the selection,
+      // however it's very hard to fix this issue and retain the blink animation without the use of
+      // !important. So this edge case fails when cursor blink is on.
       `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK_CLASS} {` +
+      ` background-color: ${colors.cursor.css};` +
+      ` color: ${colors.cursorAccent.css};` +
+      `}` +
+      `${this._terminalSelector} .${ROW_CONTAINER_CLASS} .${RowCss.CURSOR_CLASS}.${RowCss.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK_CLASS}:not(.${RowCss.CURSOR_BLINK_CLASS}) {` +
       ` background-color: ${colors.cursor.css} !important;` +
       ` color: ${colors.cursorAccent.css} !important;` +
       `}` +

test/playwright/SharedRendererTests.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { IImage32, decodePng } from '@lunapaint/png-codec';
 import { LocatorScreenshotOptions, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { ITheme } from '@xterm/xterm';
-import { ITestContext, MaybeAsync, openTerminal, pollFor, pollForApproximate, timeout } from './TestUtils';
+import { ITestContext, MaybeAsync, openTerminal, pollFor, pollForApproximate } from './TestUtils';
 
 export interface ISharedRendererTestContext {
   value: ITestContext;