Cursor is just a thin hairline, no matter what the text size is. Under some circumstances it is very hard to see, especially, when not on a plain white background or on the edge of a text box. Scaling the UI is no solution as everything else should stay as it is, only the cursor needs to be more visible on high resolution displays. (iMac Retina 5K, 27")

Is there any way to make the flashing text insertion cursor more visible in Illustrator? When setting type for paragraphs, I'm always having to hunt around to find out exactly where it is. Can the color be changed from something other than black and can it be a little bolder/more obvious?

The TextArea object is USELESS on MacOS as you CANNOT tell where the cursor is. The cursor needs to be twice as wide. This has been broken for years and ADOBE CONTINUES to IGNORE IT.

I have the same problem - the text cursor is practically invisible. Scaling the interface is not an option - I don't want bigger panels; they are alright; I just want the text cursor to be bigger or bolder.

I'd like to be able to also change the color of the Text cursor because its too thin AND I need to make it stand out against different backgrounds as I work.

i had this problem and if anyone still needs an answer. this is what i did that worked for me. i closed Ai. i left clicked the Ai tab in my taskbar then left clicked on Ai option from there i went to properties then Compatiblity tab on top clicked on that then change dpi settings then on the bottom an option override high dpi scaling behavior clicked on that and picked "application" from the drop down.

UI Scaling does not fix this. Please fix this issue.

Its 2022 and still an issue - please just give us a regular cursor

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Varun I don't have that slider. I'm on uPdater 24.something and frankly I can't afford to update because each update gets progressively worse.

The UI slider does not affect width. Just a switch somewhere for wider cursor would be so helpful. It's impossible to see the cursor as-is on my 4K 28".

Hi Varun,
Did you see my reply? Scaling the UI does NOT fix the issue. It's a bug. Working with text is nightmare in Illustrator CC2020. Can you please fix it?
Cheers,
Ninian

Hi Varun,
Sorry for delay in replying. Scaling the UI (even to the max) has no effect on the thickness of the text cursor. I've attached four full screen shots of an example graphic with the UI set to "Small", the way I work. I bet if I hadn't ringed where the cursor is (it's in the same location in each shot), you'd have been hard pressed to find it. Now imagine having to do that while working to a newspaper industry deadline? Not a lot of fun.
Cheers,
Ninian

@Ben Ellenbroek: This functionality(UI Scaling) was added in CC 2019. CS6 will not have this.

Unfortunately the UI Scaling slider is missing in my CS6 Illustrator (Dutch).
Scaling UI would really solve my problem with the thin cursor as well as the small menus.