The normal selection box of "Mark and transfrom objects" (F1) works fine, as the outline has both a black and white outline in it, so it will be always visible on both black and white backgrounds.
I am using 0.91 r13725 and Windows 10.
Screenshot, the outline of "Edit path by nodes" selection box is black and therefore can't be seen on black background:

Screenshot, the outline of "Mark and transfrom objects" selection is both black and white and therefore can be seen on all backgrounds:
