LGTM1, contingent on a resolution to the a11y concern Mike has flagged. Best,
Alex On Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 7:42:58 AM UTC-8 Mike Taylor wrote: > On 10/29/25 7:34 a.m., Chromestatus wrote: > > *Contact emails* > [email protected], [email protected] > > *Explainer* > https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui/#caret-shape > > *Specification* > https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui/#caret-shape > > *Summary* > The shape of the caret in native applications is most commonly a vertical > bar, an underscore or a rectangular block. In addition, the shape often > varies depending on the input mode, such as insert or replace. The CSS > caret-shape property allows sites to choose one of these shapes for the > caret inside editable elements, or leave the choice up to the browser. The > recognized property values are auto, bar, block and underscore. > > *Blink component* > Blink>CSS > <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ECSS%22> > > *Web Feature ID* > caret-shape <https://webstatus.dev/features/caret-shape> > > *Motivation* > To allow authors to specify the desired shape of the text insertion caret. > > *Initial public proposal* > https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui/#caret-shape > > *Search tags* > caret-shape <http:///features#tags:caret-shape> > > *TAG review* > *No information provided* > > *TAG review status* > Pending > > *Risks* > > > *Interoperability and Compatibility* > *No information provided* > > *Gecko*: Positive ( > https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1211) dholbert > commented - "Seems reasonable; I'd suggest a "positive" standards-position. > There are a handful of use-cases that use a caret-shape: block sort of > rendering that I can find - e.g. gnome-terminal (which lets you choose > between Block, I-Beam, and Underline) and the graphical version of emacs. > And it seems useful for the web platform to offer the same sort of cosmetic > flexibility in matching that caret-style, for web developers who are > designing a web-based application inspired by these sorts of native > applications. (Masayuki mentions a case in > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1715487#c0 where this sort > of feature might make things easier for Korean IME users, too; so there's > potentially a usability benefit for some international audiences.)" > > Note that Masayuki-san also just filed > https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13055, describing cases where > this feature might make IMEs harder to use. > > > *WebKit*: No signal ( > https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/484) > > *Web developers*: No signals Bloomberg have requested this. Also see > above comments by dholbert on possible use cases. > > *Other signals*: > > *Activation* > No risk. > > *Security* > None > > *WebView application risks* > > Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that > it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? > *No information provided* > > > *Debuggability* > Support in DevTools. > > *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, > Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* > Yes > > *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* > Yes > Tests are located at > https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/css/css-ui/, > including Parsing test: caret-shape-parsing.html; caret-shape: block tests: > caret-shape-block-001.html caret-shape-block-001-vrl.html > caret-shape-block-001-rtl.html caret-shape-block-001-rtl-vlr.html > caret-shape-block-001-rtl-vrl.html > caret-shape-block-001-rtl-sideways-rl.html > caret-shape-block-001-sideways-lr.html > caret-shape-block-001-rtl-sideways-lr.html caret-shape-block-002.html > caret-shape-block-empty-001.html caret-shape-block-fallback-001.html > caret-shape-block-zoom.html; caret-shape: underscore tests: > caret-shape-underscore-001.html; caret-shape overflow tests: > caret-eol-001.html caret-eol-002.html caret-eol-003.html > caret-eol-004.tentative.html. > > https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-ui?label=experimental&label=master&aligned, > in case others want to see the results at a quick glance. > > > *Flag name on about://flags* > Experimental web platform features > > *Finch feature name* > CSSCaretShape > > *Rollout plan* > Will ship enabled for all users > > *Requires code in //chrome?* > False > > *Tracking bug* > https://issues.chromium.org/issues/353713061 > > *Measurement* > Through usual CSS feature counters. > > *Estimated milestones* > > No milestones specified > > > *Anticipated spec changes* > > Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or > interop issues. 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