java - Swing JTextArea caret events -

are there events fired when caret "blinking"?

(not when position changed or property changed etc, blink of caret horizontal line)

how jtextfield displays hint (which disappears when user starts type):

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and the same functionality used in jtextarea:

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as can see, while caret blinkng, first letter overwritten.

check method of defaultcaret

protected synchronized void damage(rectangle r)

you can override , add code there

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