how to change color of vim cursor in Visual Studio 2010

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I have installed the Vim key bindings extension in Visual Studio 2010. I also have a color scheme setup with a dark background. This creates a problem since Vim key bindings extension has set my cursor to black, which is against a dark background .... not good. How can I change that cursor to a different color?

Thanks.

score 66 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 23 '13 at 16:55

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If you are using VsVim then I had the same problem. Eventually worked out that I needed to change the VsVim Block Caret display item under Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors > Display items. I changed the foreground color to 'Gray' and the background color to 'White' (which seems back to front) but that looks good for me on a dark background.

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answered Sep 25 '11 at 20:06

Steve

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truly, I love you Mr. Steve. This has been driving me batty for quite awhile. – Robert S Ciaccio Oct 28 '11 at 00:47
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I found that setting both foreground and background to Automatic will work in all color schemes (perhaps this should have been the default) – Bert Lamb Jan 13 '12 at 16:46
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Yup, that's exactly what I was looking for! In VS2012, VsVim Block Caret is under Fonts and Colors for Text Editor. – Terrance Cohen Jun 07 '13 at 18:06

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '14 at 16:09

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for those who hit upon this question in future - You can change the block caret color settings in Tools > Options > VsVim > Defaults > Item Colors > Block Caret

answered Aug 13 '14 at 16:09

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how to change color of vim cursor in Visual Studio 2010

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