Markdown editor does not respect blinking cursor preference
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Description
Type: Bug
The new WYSIWYG Markdown editor is great. However the cursor in the editor blinks even when I have disabled cursor blinking in my settings.
To reproduce:
1. Add this line to your `settings.json`:
```
"editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",
```
2. Edit any file in the Markdown editor. You'll see that the cursor blinks.
VS Code version: Code 1.136.1 (a44adf7f53e00964ab890f9f8758a334f1fc15bc, 2026-09-03T05:06:41Z)
OS version: Linux x64 7.0.0-31-generic
Modes:
System Info
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 288V (8 x 4200)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086 [Google Inc. (Intel)], DEVICE=0x64a0 [ANGLE (Intel, Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (LNL), OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.0.8-1ubuntu0.3)], DRIVER_VENDOR=Mesa, DRIVER_VERSION=26.0.8 *ACTIVE*
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: disabled_software
vulkan: enabled_on
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|1, 1, 1|
|Memory (System)|30.41GB (24.48GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 1f9b0137-ebea-4006-a756-f3bdceddf2b4|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
|DESKTOP_SESSION|ubuntu|
|XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP|ubuntu:GNOME|
|XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP|ubuntu|
|XDG_SESSION_TYPE|wayland|
Extensions: none
A/B Experiments
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```
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