Appearance of Text Tool cursor

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the colour of the Text Tool cursor in indesign?
I am currently doing alot of work on a grey background - and the cursor becomes invisible. Appreciate i could turn the background layer off and on but this does not help in all cases.
Hope someone knows a fix.
Thanks
D

As far as I know this is not something you can change, though I think it ought to be, along with the rest of the color scheme in the interface. You can file a feature request at Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form but don't stop working on this project while you wait for it to happen.

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