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Asked: 2026-06-03T06:10:38+00:00

I can’t be the only one that finds Xcode’s method of pointing out where

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I can’t be the only one that finds Xcode’s method of “pointing out” where your mistakes are – ridiculous. As helpful and essential as the feature is.. it does not help to make the line I need to fix virtually impossible to read or edit… let alone see…

is it just me, or is this impossible to read?
you'd have thought they'd take into account people with dark backgrounds
errors are the hardest to see

And don’t get me started on the constant struggle to find a “selection” color that is visible, yet retains one’s sanity/ability to see what the selected text actually IS!

dont get me started

What am I missing here? I know how to futz with the colors in xCode, I know how to mess with the Appearance “Control Panel”, but it all just results in different configurations – of varying aesthetic quality – that are all hard to read… I don’t have this issue in TextMate… Is that my answer?

UPDATE: Thanks to the brilliant work, and answer by @amadillu, here is what the remarkably more usable Xcode looks like after installing his Xcode 4 “Fix-Ins”

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve made an Xcode Plugin by using davekeck’s “fixins” that allows you to customize the colors of the inline error and warning messages. This really helps if you use a dark scheme / background . See here.

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