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VirtualBox: 4.1.22 | VirtualBox: 4.1.22 | ||
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cygwin: minty 1.2-beta1 | cygwin: minty 1.2-beta1 | ||
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Host O.S.: gentoo linux | Host O.S.: gentoo linux | ||
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Guest O.S.: windows 7 | Guest O.S.: windows 7 | ||
== solution == | == solution == | ||
| + | '''WORKAROUND''' | ||
| + | tested in Win 2003, win 2008, win 7 | ||
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| + | In Windows, go to Control Panel > Mouse, "Pointers" tab. | ||
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| + | If you change the Scheme to "Windows Black", your I-Beam text select cursor will turn into a black cursor with a whiteoutline (no matter the background). This works perfectly well against black background text. | ||
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| + | If you don't want to change your entire pointer scheme, you can change just that one cursor: in the "Customize" area, scroll down to the Text Select cursor and hit "Browse". In the ensuing file selection dialog - which opens to the right folder automatically - choose the "beam_r.cur" file. That's the one used in the "Windows Black" scheme. | ||
== links == | == links == | ||
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| + | [https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/750 Ticket #750 - Text cursor always black with mouse integration (host ubuntu, guest winxp)] | ||
| + | [http://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=274 Issue 274: When using black as background color the mouse cursor is almost invisible] | ||
[[category:cygwin]] | [[category:cygwin]] | ||
[[category:virtualbox]] | [[category:virtualbox]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:09, 28 April 2014
problem description
When using a black background on a cygwin terminal in a windows VM on virtualbox, the mouse cursor is black. This makes it almost invisible. Useability is the problem.
versions VirtualBox: 4.1.22
cygwin: minty 1.2-beta1
Host O.S.: gentoo linux
Guest O.S.: windows 7
solution
WORKAROUND
tested in Win 2003, win 2008, win 7
In Windows, go to Control Panel > Mouse, "Pointers" tab.
If you change the Scheme to "Windows Black", your I-Beam text select cursor will turn into a black cursor with a whiteoutline (no matter the background). This works perfectly well against black background text.
If you don't want to change your entire pointer scheme, you can change just that one cursor: in the "Customize" area, scroll down to the Text Select cursor and hit "Browse". In the ensuing file selection dialog - which opens to the right folder automatically - choose the "beam_r.cur" file. That's the one used in the "Windows Black" scheme.
links
Ticket #750 - Text cursor always black with mouse integration (host ubuntu, guest winxp) Issue 274: When using black as background color the mouse cursor is almost invisible
