White-cursor gone in 1.26.0

[Shu-Wan]

Edit by @rsese to add template info

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Description

As of 1.26, the I-bar cursor is no longer white with a dark syntax theme, the cursor is black.

x-ref: #1654, #8663

Steps to Reproduce

As of 1.26:

1. atom --safe
2. Set the syntax theme to One Dark
3. Observe the I-bar cursor

Expected behavior: [What you expect to happen]

Because of #8663, expect the I-bar cursor to be white.

Actual behavior: [What actually happens]

The I-bar cursor is black.

Reproduces how often: [What percentage of the time does it reproduce?]

100%

Versions

$ atom -v
Atom    : 1.28.0-dev-deeed0667
Electron: 1.7.11
Chrome  : 58.0.3029.110
Node    : 7.9.0

macOS 10.12.6

Additional Information

No screenshots since the cursor doesn't seem to show up on screenshots? 📷

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After updated to 1.26.0, cursor in dark theme becomes black again. It makes very hard to track cursor in the dark mode.

Referencing #8663 and #1654

[rsese]

Thanks for the report - I can confirm that on 1.25.1 on macOS 10.12.6 the I-bar is white in safe mode with One Dark syntax theme but on 1.26.0-beta2, the I-bar is black.

/cc @simurai? 🎨

Also @Shu-Wan, for future issues please fill out the issue template - the information in the template is super helpful for us when triaging issues.

[halorium]

I am turning off auto updates. Yeah, dark cursor on dark theme is rough. Is there a temporary fix for this?

[Shu-Wan]

@rsese Thanks for the editing and your quick attention! My bad not filling up the template.

My workaround right now is to switch to a light theme. If you are a die-hard dark theme user, don't update to 1.26.0 now.

[vpiskunov]

Same here observed @ 1.26.0, my eyes are dying 🚨😡

[halorium]

I had to switch to a light theme which also is not ideal but at least I can see the cursor. I also noticed that when I open atom from the terminal, the first time it always opens with the folder side bar not showing. This latest update was buggy.

[vpiskunov]

Temporary fix:

In your .atom/styles.less

Add:

.editor {
  cursor: default;
}

[bsg62]

Another temporary solution

If you don't like the default cursor as workaround, you can add the following code to your styles.less:

@ibeam-1x: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAQAAAC1+jfqAAAAL0lEQVQoz2NgCD3x//9/BhBYBWdhgFVAiVW4JBFKGIa4AqD0//9D3pt4I4tAdAMAHTQ/j5Zom30AAAAASUVORK5CYII=');
@ibeam-2x: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAQAAADZc7J/AAAAz0lEQVRIx2NgYGBY/R8I/vx5eelX3n82IJ9FxGf6tksvf/8FiTMQAcAGQMDvSwu09abffY8QYSAScNk45G198eX//yev73/4///701eh//kZSARckrNBRvz//+8+6ZohwCzjGNjdgQxkAg7B9WADeBjIBqtJCbhRA0YNoIkBSNmaPEMoNmA0FkYNoFKhapJ6FGyAH3nauaSmPfwI0v/3OukVi0CIZ+F25KrtYcx/CTIy0e+rC7R1Z4KMICVTQQ14feVXIbR695u14+Ir4gwAAD49E54wc1kWAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC');

.editor {
  cursor: -webkit-image-set(@ibeam-1x 1x, @ibeam-2x 2x) 5 8, text;
}

It's copied from the original pull request in #8663 and restores the white cursor.

[MohammedEssehemy]

@bsg62 this works. Thanks

[simurai]

Looks like the dppx unit stopped working in a -webkit-image-set.

@bsg62's solution to switch to 1x/2x is now part of PR #17208. 👍

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