File toolbar icons too dark to see

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Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the screenshot, the icons really blend into the background.

This is a known icon contrast issue in dark mode. A common cause is custom color settings, for example from the Peacock extension or manual workbench.colorCustomizations. In particular, titleBar.activeForeground can affect icon colors outside the title bar.

Can you try this:

  1. Open settings.json Cmd+Shift+P > Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON) and check if there is a workbench.colorCustomizations section. If there is, try commenting it out and reload.
  2. Start Cursor with cursor --disable-extensions from Terminal. If the icons become visible, one of the extensions is setting a problematic color.

A similar case was solved in this forum thread Invisible action buttons. Changing titleBar.activeForeground to a lighter color like #cccccc helped.

If none of this applies, no custom colors and no extensions, the team is aware of the icon contrast issue. Let me know what you find.