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HTML & CSS blinking cursor css styling

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Maja0802

Well-Known Coder
Hey there!

Hope you an help me out here (again :))

I want to insert a blinking cursor at the end of my text using javascript. However when the cursor blinks the blue colored area gets bigger than the blue colored area behind the text. Might be easier to see with the screenshoot...How do I prevent that from happening? I want the curser to just be 'within' the blue background color. Hope it makes sense!

[CODE lang="css" title="Blinking cursor problem"]<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>hey there</title>
<!--font 'Open Sans'-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<!--font 'JetBrains Mono''-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

<script src="https://unpkg.com/typewriter-effect@latest/dist/core.js"></script>Skærmbillede 2021-01-02 kl. 23.03.40.png

<script>var cursor = true;
var speed = 400;

setInterval(() => {
if(cursor) {
document.getElementById('cursor').style.opacity = 0;
cursor = false;
}else {
document.getElementById('cursor').style.opacity = 1;
cursor = true;
}
}, speed);</script>
<style>

.textfield {
color: rgb(239, 61, 74);
line-height: 55px;
text-align: right;
margin-left: 65px;
margin-right: 25px;
font-size: 25px;
}
.textfield span {
background-color: rgb(150, 203, 209);
color: rgb(239, 61, 74):
display: inline;
font-family: "JetBrains Mono", Sans-serif;
text-align: right;
}
#cursor {
font-size: 30px;
color: none !important;
background-color: none !important;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 class = "textfield"> <span> #3 TEST TEST<span id="cursor">_</span></span></h1>
</body>
</html>
[/CODE]
 
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LTomy said:
Put the script after the <body> tag. I think the JS is executed before the HTML is loaded so getElementsByClass returns an empty array.
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Like this? Not working :thinking::blush::cry:


[CODE lang="javascript" title="javascript"]<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>hey there</title>
<!--font 'Open Sans'-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<!--font 'JetBrains Mono''-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

<script src="https://unpkg.com/typewriter-effect@latest/dist/core.js"></script>


<style>


</style>

<h1> <span> #1<span class="cursor">_</span></span></h1><br>

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

<h1> <span> #2<span class= "cursor">_</span></span></h1><br>

<p>This is a paragraph </p>


</head>

<body>

</body>

<script>
var speed = 400;
var cursors = document.getElementsByClass('cursor');

setInterval(() => {
for (let i = 0; i < cursors.length; i++)
{
if(cursors.style.opacity == 1)
cursors.style.opacity = 0;
else
cursors.style.opacity = 1;
}
}, speed);

</script>

</html>[/CODE]
 
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LTomy said:
Is there a JS error in the console? What is the number in the pop-up if you write alert(cursors.length); after the getElementsByClass('cursor')?
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not sure I did the alert right...you have lost me on this one :laugh::laugh: Glad you want to help me though
 

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