Cursor color on darkmode

[Affin]

While working in Darkmode (I believe this is the default, which is as it most likely should be, thank you for this!), the cursor is also very dark, which makes it difficult to find/detect/see in many situations.
Example: the rulers are dark, so is the cursor.

I believe there should be a little more contrast by default, but perhaps there is a setting that I don't know of, which can increase the contrast/visibility of the cursor somewhat?

Edit:
To be clear some cursors are perfectly fine under most conditions, while others are not up to the same standard. But as far as I know there isn't a contrast function to meet all situations (stark contrast color cursor over same color backgrounds).
Example:
B (brush) over dark background, shows up fine.
M (Marquee selection) over same dark background, is close to being invisible.
Etc.

Edited March 16, 2020 by Affin

[Chris B]

Hey Affin,

Can you post a few screenshots?

This used to be an issue for some tools (years ago) but I'm sure we addressed a lot of them. For example marquee selecting on a dark object should give you a light highlight around the cursor. I've gone through a few tools and they seem fine to me but I'd be interested in seeing what you do.

[Affin]

I would post screenshots, if the cursor would show up:
but for me it is quite simple to reproduce:
https://imgur.com/Ue1RiRI https://imgur.com/Ue1RiRI.jpg

Marquee move the cursor over a background like the image above, and the software space around it, with a little bright environment it is very difficult to distinguish the cursor from the background.
I use a multimonitor setup of both a calibrated EIZO and a standard DELL monitor, on a bright day with the shutters closed, it is still difficult to distinguish the cursor.
 

[Affin]

FYI: I just updated to the current BETA and the marquee cursor is still the same.

[Chris B]

This is what I see:

[Chris B]

I'll check with dev to see if they have an idea.

Edit - Can you confirm what scaling settings and resolution you are using for your monitor please? 

[Affin]

This is an approximation of what I see, when I place the cursor over your screenshot with cursor.

 

EIZO CG277

Dell U2713HM


Other (most) cursors like the brush are fine though, they become brighter on dark surfaces. The marque (and can't remember others atm) does not.

 

[Chris B]

I think it's the scaling. I'm using a 1440p monitor and use 100% but if I switch to 125% it looks similar to what is pictured in your screenshot. 125% should be fine as it is a Windows default, we usually only get funny once we start using custom scaling settings. I'll feed this back to dev and see what they want to do. Cheers  

[Affin]

Thanks for your reply.

I tried the 100% scale setting to compare and see if this improves it for me. The smallest brush cursor becomes a bright cross, as is the circle shaped version, which is fully functional. Yet the marquee cursor remains fairly indistinctible from the dark background.
Despite that this indeed may be scale (or other settings) related, there is a clear difference between the brush cursor behavior (fine) and the marquee cursor behavior (significantly less then ideal), at least for my setup/settings.