Isn't there supposed to be an I-beam cursor when editing notes to show where you are positioned? I can't tell where I am in note text. I've been searching for about an hour and can't find anyone else having this problem. Did I accidently turn it off somehow? I see it here as I'm typing but not in my drawings. I could swear it was there before.
Thanks,
Diana
OK, here are the usual initial support questions;
Have you tried restarting SW, or rebooted the system?
Have you recently updated Windows or SW?
What OS, SW version, graphics card & driver are you using?
Arrows keys don't help.
I said I didn't remember anyone else with the same issue, but I have a notoriously bad memory. Kelvin Lamport found this, which reports the same, although no one replied with a fix.
Kevin,
1. Yes, I have rebooted several times since the issue started.
2. Yes, I recently updated Windows.
3. I am using Windows 10
4. SW 2017 SP 3.0
5. NVIDIA M1000M Driver Version 22.21.13.8477
Thanks for your help.
Glenn Schroeder There are several hits in the Knowledge Base about text note cursors, but nothing about them being missing.
Just found this in the KB
I don't remember the official definition of (Inactive), but I believe it means there was either not enough users who were experiencing the problem, or it could not be reproduced (and therefor not fixable) on other systems ... but I stand to be corrected.
In my case, it's just not there at all. It's only missing in Solidworks notes. It's there when I edit a dimension. It's fine in all other programs (excel, word, email, etc.).
Hmmm. Well, maybe one of these days it will reappear. I can work around it but it's annoying.
I suggest you go to SPR 191140 in the Knowledge Base and add your 'vote' to reactivate and escalate the problem.
Thanks, I will.
I am having the same issue on 2018. I put in my vote. Thanks for the info.
I'm having the same issue, in both 2017 & 2018. The cursor is present and accounted for in 2015 on the same machine.
Anyone have some new suggestions?
I am getting the same issues in Solidworks 2016 SP4 (yeah we're behind a little), I'm installing SP5 to see if that fixes but from what i'm reading here I'm not too hopeful.
I just switched and got a new laptop from a tower but in terms of updates to OS i'm running on essentially what i was before.
Same issue. 2018 SP3, recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I have up to date graphics driver for both, never experienced this on Windows 7 but now happening on Windows 10.
Same issue for me. 2018 SP3 win10
OKAY SO I ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CURSOR NOT APPEARING AT ALL WHILE EDITING NOTES IN DRAWINGS,I AM RUNNING SOLIDWORKS 2018 SP 0.1 AND I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO FIX IT.
1.CLOSE ANY DRAWINGS OR ANY FILES YOU MIGHT BE WORKING ON
2.GO IN TOOLS/OPTIONS/SYSTEM OPTIONS/PERFORMANCE
THEN CHECK : " USE SOFTWARE OPENGL"
I HOPE IT HELPS!!
AWESOME! It worked for me! I am not sure what else changes with that box checked but I can stop losing my hair. THANK YOU!
Reynold Christian and Justin Byerly
If using that option fixed your problem, then you either have a non-approved graphics card or are using an incorrect graphics driver.
Kelvin,
Where I work just upgraded to SW2018 SP3.0 on about 100 computers. Some are on Win 7 others on Win 10. Some on towers and others on laptops. All have approved graphic cards and drivers. Out of those there is one user on a laptop running Win 10 that does not get a text cursor unless running OpenGL (there are several other computers with the same configuration that do not have the issue). When we figure it out, I will report back.
I had the same issue SW2018 SP3.0, recently upgraded to windows 10 and installed the approved graphics driver.
I've just tried this option and yes the cursor did come back in drawings, however overall performance was severely affected. Is this pointing towards a problem with the approved driver for Windows 10? Mine is also laptop.
Thanks, Kyle
David Brukardt and Kyle Mitchell
What is the make & model of the problem laptop, and what graphics card and driver is being used?
Hi Kelvin,
Dell Precision 7510, NVIDIA Quadro M2000M, driver 386.07 on Windows 10.
*edit* this never happened before upgrading from Windows 7.
Thanks, Kyle
Kyle Mitchell wrote:
Hi Kelvin,
Dell Precision 7510, NVIDIA Quadro M2000M, driver 386.07 on Windows 10.
*edit* this never happened before upgrading from Windows 7.
Thanks, Kyle
Another thing to keep in mind is that there have been some really bad Windows 10 Updates - which version are you running?
I don't remember anyone else reporting that, and I'm pretty sure there isn't any way to manually turn it off or on. Have you tried using the right or left arrow keys on your keyboard to see if that will make it show up, or at least give an indication of where it should be?