mouse text selection cursor turned white on light themes

[ruffzzzy]

Type: Bug

I use windows with dark theme and vs code with light theme, and mouse text selection cursor turned white so i barely can see it. Tried different light themes - all them have the issue i mentioned. Switching windows to light or vs code to dark theme can temporary solve it/

VS Code version: Code 1.86.0 (05047486b6df5eb8d44b2ecd70ea3bdf775fd937, 2024-01-31T10:28:19.990Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631 Modes:

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[arpadgabor]

Can confirm this issue. On light themes the text cursor turns white. A couple of clicks turns it back to black but it doesn't stay for long before turning white again.

[wendelloliveiradev]

Same issue here. Cursor keeps turning white on light themes. I'm using metherial theme light during the day for better visibility, although the cursor turns white and I can't see it, this is a terrible bug, that impact tremendously on productivity, if possible make this issue CRITICAL. Thanks!

[edgar1506]

I have the same issue, it's a pain trying to figure out where the cursor is...

[YSHebron]

I also have the same issue. It's also happening in my browser

[maartendekeizer]

Same issue in multiple light teams, dark teams are not affected.

[Kdcius]

Same here, windows on dark mode, VSCode on light theme and the cursor stay white on the light background.

[MFreit50]

Same issue, for some reason when moving around the vs code window the issue gets fixed temporarily. Seems like a graphics card issue

[clorch]

The same issue seems to be described in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/204181 and https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/205512.

[korkis]

I changed from light theme to dark theme

[alexdima]

:wave: Would it please be possible to run https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-bisect to pinpoint the problematic commit range where this was introduced?

[Dimava]

👋 Would it please be possible to run https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-bisect to pinpoint the problematic commit range where this was introduced?

@alexdima it pointed me to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/compare/9bbc169b624175bb432d439adea1bf4cbb7156bc...12fece34ed49c972d85b1a9ff0f5b8532eea569c

Run the following commands to continue bisecting via git in a folder where VS Code is checked out to:

git bisect start && git bisect bad 12fece34ed49c972d85b1a9ff0f5b8532eea569c && git bisect good 9bbc169b624175bb432d439adea1bf4cbb7156bc

I will bisect it further tomorrow if I get VSCode to run from sources

[Dimava]

Currently using code --disable_direct_composition=1 (provided at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/204181#issuecomment-1970267047 ) to mitigate the problem

[sercanio]

Same here with version 1.88.0

[EmanH]

Having the same issue. version 1.88.1

[marensas999]

Same here. Very annoying.

[CamiloMartinezM]

Same here, cursor turns white (it doesn't dissapear, it's just white and it blends in) and moving and clicking around turns it black again.

Version: 1.89.0 (user setup) Commit: b58957e67ee1e712cebf466b995adf4c5307b2bd Date: 2024-05-01T02:09:22.859Z Electron: 28.2.8 ElectronBuildId: 27744544 Chromium: 120.0.6099.291 Node.js: 18.18.2 V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

[PablitoKarramba]

Still happens on light mode. The mouse pointer blends into the background

[BigWhiteDog]

I found an interesting thing. I had this problem when using my mini desktop computer, which has an AMD 7840HS CPU. However, the mouse cursor problem will be fixed if I connect it to a USB4 External GPU dock with NVIDIA 1660s.

[sclyonsburke]

I am having this problem too and it is making it difficult to get work done

[mbalc]

as a workaround I had to change to some different light theme that doesn't use pure white as background (Horla Light Theme, although I don't like its lack of contrasts on sidebar)

please fix, this issue is critical

[deepak1556]

To confirm, do users still encounter the issue with latest insiders https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders ? If so, are you able to mitigate the issue using the cli flag --disable_direct_composition=1

[Dimava]

To confirm, do users still encounter the issue with latest insiders https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders ? If so, are you able to mitigate the issue using the cli flag --disable_direct_composition=1

Just checked, I immediately get white cursor on plain shortcut and don't seem to ever get white cursor on --disable_direct_composition=1 shortcut

Version: 1.90.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 50f2b2eca8d5c6e19ec95f9d46a59f623e60cac3
Date: 2024-05-28T05:47:25.268Z
Electron: 29.4.0
ElectronBuildId: 9593362
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

[tibitoth]

what are the side effects of --disable_direct_composition=1?

[dp-op]

I'm having the same problem! Makes it quite difficult to continue working.

[nathansavari]

Same issue

[FiSuESoPe]

To confirm, do users still encounter the issue with latest insiders https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders ? If so, are you able to mitigate the issue using the cli flag --disable_direct_composition=1

The latest insider version fixed the issue for me. Using --disable_direct_composition=1 fixes it in the current stable release (1.89) for me.

[arisudesu]

Issue still present on insider version, flag --disable_direct_composition=1 fixes it.

Version: 1.91.0-insider
Commit: 51d598183ea632c658c34e0a11da5706192a1b69
Date: 2024-06-12T05:49:43.246Z
Electron: 29.4.0
ElectronBuildId: 9593362
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

[piec]

Is this the same bug? https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40239916

I have indeed and AMD GPU.

Edit: a workaround seems to be to use mpo_disable.reg + reboot. I haven't tried it yet because I'm not on the right PC, I also don't know about the performance impact. Sources:

• https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/text-select-pointer-goes-to-being-white-colored-when-hovering/m-p/559078#M164375
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5157

[bvazx]

I tried it. Indeed, it works. Some sources on the Internet write that the load on the processor may increase, but I didn’t really notice… Actually, I didn’t notice at all.

[piec]

Yes, it worked for me too and I didn't notice an impact

[Th3S4mur41]

Same Problem here on a Surface Pro 7+ (Core i7 with Iris Xe) since yesterday. Not sure if it started with the last VS Code Update or the Update to Windows 11 24H2 🤔

Also not sure if this is related, but the problem also appeared in Edge Canary DevTools around the same time

Version: 1.90.2 (user setup)
Commit: 5437499feb04f7a586f677b155b039bc2b3669eb
Date: 2024-06-18T22:34:26.404Z
Electron: 29.4.0
ElectronBuildId: 9728852
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

[arisudesu]

Re-tested on 1.91.0, no argv flags, with recently released AMD Adrenalin 24.6.1 drivers. Cursor is still either blinking or disappears. Sticking to the mpo_disable.reg fix for now.

Версия: 1.91.0 (system setup)
Фиксация: ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286
Дата: 2024-07-01T18:52:22.949Z
Electron: 29.4.0
ElectronBuildId: 9728852
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
ОС: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

[Nirmal4G]

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