Patch from Ben Key to use an invisible system caret to enable screen

magnifiers to discover where the user is editing.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/Editor.cxx b/src/Editor.cxx
index eff38e63a..0ef69d1bf 100644
--- a/src/Editor.cxx
+++ b/src/Editor.cxx
@@ -1394,6 +1394,7 @@ void Editor::EnsureCaretVisible(bool useMargin, bool vert, bool horiz) {
 			Redraw();
 		}
 	}
+	UpdateSystemCaret();
 }
 
 void Editor::ShowCaretAtCurrentPosition() {
@@ -1418,6 +1419,10 @@ void Editor::InvalidateCaret() {
 		InvalidateRange(posDrag, posDrag + 1);
 	else
 		InvalidateRange(currentPos, currentPos + 1);
+	UpdateSystemCaret();
+}
+
+void Editor::UpdateSystemCaret() {
 }
 
 void Editor::NeedWrapping(int docLineStartWrapping, int docLineEndWrapping) {
diff --git a/src/Editor.h b/src/Editor.h
index d5116f0de..181e1ffd4 100644
--- a/src/Editor.h
+++ b/src/Editor.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ protected:	// ScintillaBase subclass needs access to much of Editor
 	void ShowCaretAtCurrentPosition();
 	void DropCaret();
 	void InvalidateCaret();
+	virtual void UpdateSystemCaret();
 
 	void NeedWrapping(int docLineStartWrapping = 0, int docLineEndWrapping = 0x7ffffff);
 	bool WrapLines(bool fullWrap, int priorityWrapLineStart);