Cannot see cursor in insert mode

[jessebett]

Here is what the cursor looks like before insert mode:

And here is what it looks like in insert mode:

in the first image that block cursor changes colour depending on the text below, which I like. The insert cursor is very very thin, and doesn't change colour in the same way. How can I make the insert cursor visible?

[illia-danko]

Hi. If you are the terminal user you might have to try adding to your vimrc(init.vim) set termguicolors in most cases it fixes issues related to the cursor. Needless to say that your color theme becomes slightly different, actually the same as a GUI's one.

[gbaranski]

Solved by changing in iTerm cursor color to white

And then enabling Smart box cursor color

[loqusion]

I still experienced this even with setting the cursor color to white and enabling smart box cursor color. But then I restarted iTerm, and that fixed the issue. Weird...