vercel/hyper

[Mac] Dark mouse cursor is hard to see on dark background

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#1,045 opened on Nov 26, 2016

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help wanted🍎 Platform: Mac🎨 Type: Enhancement

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Description

  • I am on the latest Hyper.app version
  • I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate
  • OS version and name: OS X 10.11.6
  • Hyper.app version: 0.8.3 (0.8.3.873)
  • The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app:

Issue

Hyper is cool! But I find the default mouse cursor of OS X is hard to see on dark background, especially when the screen is full of text.

screenshot

System-provided terminal and iTerm2 use custom image of mouse cursor like this: d8e6e8a5d739406d33fc23d322e480cf-render (source: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/master/images/IBarCursor-huge.psd)

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Research direction
Investigate how the mouse cursor is rendered in Hyper on macOS and consider using a custom cursor image similar to iTerm2, or adjust the cursor color to be more visible on dark backgrounds.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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75