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Fix settings error text legibility in High Contrast mode (#20098)

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Closes #18147

`SystemErrorTextColor` doesn't adapt to High Contrast themes, so the
error details in the "Failed to reload settings" dialog are illegible
(yellow on cream in HC White, for example).

Fix: skip the `ErrorTextBrush` foreground override when High Contrast is
active, letting the text inherit the system HC text color from its
parent element. This matches the existing HC detection pattern used in
`TermControl.cpp` and `MainPage.cpp`.

Validated manually on High Contrast White and Night sky themes.

Co-authored-by: SushaanthSrinivasan <SushaanthSrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-05-05 19:35:16 -07:00
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src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalWindow.cpp
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@@ -108,13 +108,19 @@ static Documents::Run _BuildErrorRun(const winrt::hstring& text, const ResourceD
Documents::Run textRun; Documents::Run textRun;
textRun.Text(text); textRun.Text(text);
// Color the text red (light theme) or yellow (dark theme) based on the system theme // GH #18147 - In High Contrast mode, don't override the foreground.
auto key = winrt::box_value(L"ErrorTextBrush"); // Let the text inherit the system HC text color from its parent element,
if (resources.HasKey(key)) // since SystemErrorTextColor doesn't adapt to High Contrast themes.
if (!winrt::Windows::UI::ViewManagement::AccessibilitySettings{}.HighContrast())
{ {
auto g = resources.Lookup(key); // Color the text red (light theme) or yellow (dark theme) based on the system theme
auto brush = g.try_as<winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media::Brush>(); auto key = winrt::box_value(L"ErrorTextBrush");
textRun.Foreground(brush); if (resources.HasKey(key))
{
auto g = resources.Lookup(key);
auto brush = g.try_as<winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media::Brush>();
textRun.Foreground(brush);
}
} }
return textRun; return textRun;