blinking cursor
Waiting input indicator
A blinking cursor is the flashing vertical line or block on a computer screen that marks where text will appear when you type.
It pulses steadily to draw attention to the insertion point.
A blinking cursor on an otherwise empty screen—especially a blank document or command line—has become a symbol of creative paralysis or writer's block: I've been staring at a blinking cursor for an hour.
- caretSymbol marking insertions
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- promptIncite to action
- command lineText-based computer interface
- insertion pointText entry location
flashing · text editor · waiting · terminal · screen · keyboard · input · code · loading screen · monitor · pulse · blank page · underscore · beam · DOS · console · idle · word processor
- Text Terminalconsole, TTY, command line, CLI, prompt
- pointerspointer, dereference, mouse pointer, caret, indirection
- Shell Settingsexport, alias, prompt, profile, variable