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OS: Chrome
Pri: 2
Type: Feature
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Feature Request: Accessibility Setting to Stop Text Caret Blinking

Project Member Reported by lpalmaro@chromium.org, May 17 2016

Issue description

OS: Chrome 

Currently, when you place the cursor in any text field, the text caret blinks. This is helpful for some users, as it visually indicates where their cursor is. Yet we have received feedback that for any users with epilepsy, this blinking essentially makes Chrome unusable as it can trigger an episode. 

Key stats: 
1 in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. An estimated 3 million Americans and 65 million people worldwide currently live with epilepsy. Each year at least 200,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy. 

(Source: http://www.cureepilepsy.org/aboutepilepsy/facts.asp  )

Proposed Solution: 
We should have a simple setting in accessibility settings and/or trackpad settings for a stable, non-blinking text caret. 

 
Owner: sammiequon@chromium.org
sammiequon@  not sure what your bandwidth looks like, but would you be interested in taking this on, considering your recent work with automatic  clicks? 
Cc: dhadd...@chromium.org jennschen@chromium.org kuscher@chromium.org
Labels: -Pri-3 M-53 Pri-2
Status: Started (was: Untriaged)
Please note that this will need UI review for the new option.

Added kuscher@ and jennschen@ for sign off.
Also pinging dhaddock@ to give test a heads up.
Cc: kathrelk...@chromium.org
+ Katherine for accessibility testing 
We already have a feature to turn off all animation. It's fully implemented but the only way we have to trigger it is with an extension. Let's just combine that with this feature too.

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Comment 5 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Jul 9 2016

Labels: -M-53 M-54 MovedFrom-53
Moving this nonessential bug to the next milestone.

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Labels: NewComponent-Accessibility NewComponent-Accessibility-Features
Labels: -newcomponent-accessibility -newcomponent-accessibility-features

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