Vscode: Remote Desktop: Mouse cursor for text selection is black on black
- VSCode Version: Code - Insiders 1.3.0-insider (d0c2b891903d73e83dcdc7786398ebfa764fc4ee, 2016-06-28T05:07:32.441Z)
- OS Version: Windows_NT ia32 6.3.9600
Steps to Reproduce:
- Remote Desktop for OSX to Windows 8.1 (not sure if RD matters).
- Move the mouse inside the editor area or console text area.
- The cursor for text selection shows mostly black on black background and is very difficult to see at all.
chrmarti
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@chrmarti I'm assuming you're using the dark theme. I tried on Windows 10 and the I is rendered by Windows in white. Maybe it does have something to do with your setup? Do you see the Windows cursor or the OSX cursor?
alexdima
on 29 Jun 2016
I'm using the default Dark+. The cursor seems to be from Windows (no extra horizontal line in the middle). It's Windows 8.1, but nothing else I'm aware of that would make the setup special. Also the hand and the arrow cursors both are white with a black outline (as expected I think).
chrmarti
on 29 Jun 2016
This is how it looks for me:
Here are my cursor pointer settings:
I am on Windows 10. How does the cursor look like for you if you visit https://code.visualstudio.com/ and hover over the copyright text at the bottom in Chrome?
alexdima
on 29 Jun 2016
Indeed, the cursor shows the same behavior (black on black text selection cursor) on the code.visualstudio.com website.
chrmarti
on 30 Jun 2016
@chrmarti In this case, please file a bug against Chromium (or if the black on black text selection is reproducible in IE against Windows)
alexdima
on 30 Jun 2016
Appears to be a known issue with Remote Desktop for OSX. Older versions reportedly did not have this. The discussion linked below suggests to swap out the text selection pointer with "beam_r.cur", that works for me.
(https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/cf05826e-63a4-49d9-b812-7a4695832ab8/rdc-mac-version-8024091-can-not-see-cursor-in-any-editor-with-black-background-because-it-is?forum=winRDc)
chrmarti
on 30 Jun 2016
@chrmarti Nice!
alexdima
on 30 Jun 2016
@alexandrudima Thanks for helping track this down!
chrmarti
on 30 Jun 2016
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Appears to be a known issue with Remote Desktop for OSX. Older versions reportedly did not have this. The discussion linked below suggests to swap out the text selection pointer with "beam_r.cur", that works for me.
(https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/cf05826e-63a4-49d9-b812-7a4695832ab8/rdc-mac-version-8024091-can-not-see-cursor-in-any-editor-with-black-background-because-it-is?forum=winRDc)