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Ability to hide caret on screenshots (aka fix Bug213 again)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop, testing

Research direction

Start by tracing the screenshot capture and caret visibility handling discussed in issue #4, then inspect the assertj-swing tests that still expose Bug213. Verify how caret.setBlinkRate(0) affects the hidden state and define the test-level setting so screenshots can consistently include or omit the caret.

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Description

bug enhancement Improvement Minor to be documented

In issue #4 all assertj-swing tests failing were fixed. But this one still needs to be fixed.

It was originally issued here

And as I analysed this issue isn't working well, yet. IMO calling caret.setBlinkRate(0); when hiding the caret before taking the screenshot is necessary.

I would like the possibility to change in a test if the caret should or shouldn't be visible on a screenshot.

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