Change pantheon terminal cursor type?

Question

How can I change the default cursor to I-beam mode in pantheon terminal?

Answer 1

You can do it via dconf-editor or via gsettings + terminal.

• Open terminal and type in following:

  # gsettings set org.pantheon.terminal.settings cursor-shape 'I-Beam'
  

  To rollback run following:

  # gsettings set org.pantheon.terminal.settings cursor-shape 'Block'
  

• Open dconf-editor and navigate to org.pantheon.terminal.settings, open cursor-shape and set it to I-Beam.

Answer 2

Open your terminal on Elementary OS and execute the following command:

gsettings set io.elementary.terminal.settings cursor-shape 'I-Beam'