Jetbrains Dark selection cursor not visible

[Rhinemann]

I'm using the default JetBrains Dark theme for Helix, but with it, the selection cursor isn't visible. Like so:

While the default theme, and others, do, in fact, highlight the cursor well enough:

What cursor parameter should I tweak for the cursor colour?

[MahdiGraph]

The relevant scope is ui.cursor.primary.select for the main cursor in selection mode. You can override it without editing the bundled theme.

Create ~/.config/helix/themes/jetbrains_dark_visible.toml:

inherits = "jetbrains_dark"

"ui.cursor" = { fg = "#1e1f22", bg = "#ffffff" }
"ui.cursor.primary.select" = { fg = "#1e1f22", bg = "#ffffff" }

Then activate it with:

:theme jetbrains_dark_visible

If it looks right, set theme = "jetbrains_dark_visible" at the top of your config.toml.

ui.selection.primary changes the selected text's background; the cursor scopes above control the cursor itself.

Reference: https://docs.helix-editor.com/themes.html

[Rhinemann]

Awesome, thanks! I looked at the reference, and the original JetBrains, but got lost a bit.