The cursor sometimes disappears in VSCode terminal window

[dougliu1111]

• VSCode Version: 1.40.1
• OS Version: MacOS 10.14.6

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. Click "terminal" on tool bar
3. Click "new terminal"
4. Enter vim edit the file content. The cursor sometimes disappears in the terminal window.
   4.1 The cursor initially displayed but it disappear after move the cursor upward or downward.
5. The same issue also appears in basic Unix command such as cat
   5.1 Clear the screen in terminal window
   5.2 Enter cat > test
   5.3 Press "Enter" button, and the cursor has disappeared.
   5.4 Randomly type content and press "Enter" button, the cursor appears occasionally.

There is no plugin set for my VIM. The vimrc is empty.
VIM version:

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jun 19 2019 19:08:44)
Included patches: 1-503, 505-680, 682-1283, 1365
Compiled by root@apple.com
Normal version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl             +file_in_path    -mouse_sgr       +tag_old_static
-arabic          +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  -tag_any_white
+autocmd         +float           -mouse_urxvt     -tcl
-balloon_eval    +folding         +mouse_xterm     -termguicolors
-browse          -footer          +multi_byte      -terminal
+builtin_terms   +fork()          +multi_lang      +terminfo
+byte_offset     -gettext         -mzscheme        +termresponse
+channel         -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +textobjects
+cindent         +iconv           +num64           +timers
-clientserver    +insert_expand   +packages        +title
-clipboard       +job             +path_extra      -toolbar
+cmdline_compl   +jumplist        -perl            +user_commands
+cmdline_hist    -keymap          +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info    +lambda          +postscript      +virtualedit
+comments        -langmap         +printer         +visual
-conceal         +libcall         -profile         +visualextra
+cryptv          +linebreak       +python/dyn      +viminfo
+cscope          +lispindent      -python3         +vreplace
+cursorbind      +listcmds        +quickfix        +wildignore
+cursorshape     +localmap        +reltime         +wildmenu
+dialog_con      -lua             -rightleft       +windows
+diff            +menu            +ruby/dyn        +writebackup
+digraphs        +mksession       +scrollbind      -X11
-dnd             +modify_fname    +signs           -xfontset
-ebcdic          +mouse           +smartindent     -xim
-emacs_tags      -mouseshape      +startuptime     -xpm
+eval            -mouse_dec       +statusline      -xsmp
+ex_extra        -mouse_gpm       -sun_workshop    -xterm_clipboard
+extra_search    -mouse_jsbterm   +syntax          -xterm_save
-farsi           -mouse_netterm   +tag_binary
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DMACOS_X_UNIX  -g -O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc   -L/usr/local/lib -o vim        -lm -lncurses  -liconv -framework Cocoa

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[Tyriar]

Can you share your settings.json file? Does setting this help?

  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminalCursor.foreground": "#ff0000",
    "terminalCursor.background": "#0000ff"
  },

[dougliu1111]

Here is my settings.json file. I have tried add the content to setting.json and the problem is not resolved.

{
    "search.quickOpen.includeHistory": false,
    "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
    "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd",
    "editor.fontSize": 14,
    "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "editor.tabSize": 4,
    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "One Dark Pro",
    "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
    "window.zoomLevel": 0,
    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 80,
    "editor.wordWrap": "on",
    "editor.wordSeparators": "`~!@#$%^&*()-=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?",
    "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
    "git.autofetch": true,
    "git.ignoreMissingGitWarning": true,
    "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
    "vsintellicode.modify.editor.suggestSelection": "automaticallyOverrodeDefaultValue",
    "java.configuration.checkProjectSettingsExclusions": false,
    "java.home": "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_51.jdk/Contents/Home",
    "files.associations": {
        "*.cls": "apex",
        "*.java": "java"
    },
    "terminal.integrated.rendererType": "dom",
}

[ycs77]

I have the same problem

• VSCode Version: 1.40.1
• OS Version: Windows 10

This is my setting code:

{
  "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
  "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
    "--login",
    "-i"
  ],
  "terminal.integrated.rendererType": "dom"
}

But I found that if I don't set terminal.integrated.rendererType, will be normal status:

{
  "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
  "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
    "--login",
    "-i"
  ]
}

[dougliu1111]

Thank you. The problem resolved after delete this line from setting.json.
"terminal.integrated.rendererType": "dom"

[dougliu1111]

Problem resolved.