@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ boxes are generated for it and its cursor is used for the canvas.
12451245Name : caret-color
12461246Value : auto | <<color>>
12471247Initial : auto
1248- Applies to : elements that accept input
1248+ Applies to : all elements
12491249Inherited : yes
12501250Percentages : N/A
12511251Media : interactive
@@ -1268,6 +1268,16 @@ The caret is a visible indicator of the insertion point in an element where text
12681268
12691269Note: caret shape and blinking is outside the scope of this feature and thus unspecified.
12701270
1271+ Note: UAs might have additional things that count as “carets”.
1272+ For example, some UAs can show a “navigation caret”,
1273+ which acts similarly to an insertion caret
1274+ but can be moved around in non-editable text,
1275+ and is functionally a caret.
1276+ On the other hand, the cursor image shown
1277+ when hovering over text when the 'cursor' property is ''cursor/auto'' ,
1278+ or when hovering over an element where the 'cursor' property is ''cursor/text'' or ''cursor/vertical-text'' ,
1279+ though it sometimes resembles a caret, is not a caret (it's a cursor).
1280+
12711281<div class="example">
12721282Example: a textarea with
12731283<code class="lang-css"> caret-color:#00aacc;</code>
@@ -1514,6 +1524,8 @@ This appendix describes changes from the
15141524 replaced elements representing images or videos
15151525 and to iframes,
15161526 for compatibility with level 4.
1527+ <li> Make the 'caret-color' property apply to all elements,
1528+ so that it can also influence things like the navigation caret.
15171529</ul>
15181530
15191531<h2 class="no-num" id="security-privacy-considerations">Appendix C. Considerations for Security and Privacy</h2>
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