Setting cursorBlinkingInactive does not seem to work

[tim.heid (Tim)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I have made some changes to my terminal cursor and noticed this setting does not seem to work.

"terminal.integrated.cursorBlinkingInactive": true

Even though this setting sugests it, the cursor does not blink while the terminal is not focused.

Steps to Reproduce

use these settings in you settings.json:

	"terminal.integrated.cursorStyle": "underline",
	"terminal.integrated.cursorStyleInactive": "underline",
	"terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true,
	"terminal.integrated.cursorBlinkingInactive": true

Expected Behavior

Should blink while terminal is not in focus

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.54
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 5c17eb2968a37f66bc6662f48d6356a100b67be0
Date: 2025-10-21T19:07:38.476Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-33-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. It also doesn’t work in VS Code (see screenshot). It looks like that setting is deprecated. You can use:

”terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true

It does the same thing you need. Let me know if this works.