Text Cursor almost invisible with a dark theme

Originator:barlow
Number:rdar://26173520 Date Originated:5/9/2016
Status:open Resolved:
Product:Xcode Product Version:7.3
Classification: Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
When using a dark background in Xcode, the text cursor is hard to find and use.  A lot of people are having this issue and there was previous to Xcode 7.3, a work around for the issue (see https://github.com/egold/better-xcode-ibeam-cursor).  This workaround no longer works.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Xcode
2. Switch to a dark theme.
3. Try to find the cursor.
4. Move your mouse around a lot
5. Find the cursor.
6. Wait 15 second and try to find the cursor again.
7. Cry because the cursor is lost again.
8. Repeat again starting at step 5.

Expected Results:
To have a cursor that can easily be found and used with a dark background

Actual Results:
Not finding the cursor.

Version:
Xcode 7.3

Notes:


Configuration:
When using a dark background

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