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Be able to configure the selection highlighting behavior #74

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opened 2026-01-30 21:41:28 +00:00 by claunia · 8 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:28 +00:00
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Feb 11, 2018).

When you highlight text with the Command Prompt (cmd.exe), it just inverts the
colors of whatever you selected:

white

However the white is a little bright for me, I would prefer gray background.
Can I change the white highlight color, if so how?

http://superuser.com/questions/1293003

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Feb 11, 2018). When you highlight text with the Command Prompt (cmd.exe), it just inverts the colors of whatever you selected: > ![white](http://stack.imgur.com/s5fjS.png) However the white is a little bright for me, I would prefer gray background. Can I change the white highlight color, if so how? http://superuser.com/questions/1293003
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2018):

The selection color is chosen automatically based on the background color. There's not currently a way to change that behavior.

I'm going to make this the "Be able to configure the highlight behavior" issue. Changing that behavior isn't going to be an easy task, and I'd guestimate that it's pretty far down on the backlog.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2018): The selection color is chosen automatically based on the background color. There's not currently a way to change that behavior. I'm going to make this the "Be able to configure the highlight behavior" issue. Changing that behavior isn't going to be an easy task, and I'd guestimate that it's pretty far down on the backlog.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@miniksa commented on GitHub (May 29, 2019):

Moving this to Terminal product. We would take this as a feature request for the new UI, not the old one.

@miniksa commented on GitHub (May 29, 2019): Moving this to Terminal product. We would take this as a feature request for the new UI, not the old one.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@Stanzilla commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2019):

Yup, other terminals just let you overwrite the highlight color, would be nice to have here as well.

@Stanzilla commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2019): Yup, other terminals just let you overwrite the highlight color, would be nice to have here as well.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2019):

Maybe add two settings...
selectedForeground: "inverted"
selectedBackground: "inverted"

Allow either the word inverted or an explicit colour #000000

@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Jun 23, 2019): Maybe add two settings... `selectedForeground: "inverted"` `selectedBackground: "inverted"` Allow either the word **inverted** or an explicit colour **#000000**
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

I think this should also be tagged as an accessibility issue. The current selection highlighting scheme does not meet contrast ratio requirements for accessibility and with no way to configure it users with impaired sight will have issues.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): I think this should also be tagged as an accessibility issue. The current selection highlighting scheme does not meet contrast ratio requirements for accessibility and with no way to configure it users with impaired sight will have issues.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

@ZoeyR you might need to elaborate on that. While I would certainly like to see this fixed, I dont think the current state fails in regard to accessibility. At least not in the default state.

White on black (and black on white) is perfectly readable. The only exeception to this might be users with light sensitivity. Or if you set the color to gray, I would imagine you might get some gray on gray thats not very readable.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): @ZoeyR you might need to elaborate on that. While I would certainly like to see this fixed, I dont think the current state fails in regard to accessibility. At least not in the default state. White on black (and black on white) is perfectly readable. The only exeception to this might be users with light sensitivity. Or if you set the color to gray, I would imagine you might get some gray on gray thats not very readable.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:30 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019):

@cup, my bad. I thought this was for customization in the new windows terminal, which doesn't do the inversion, it instead does a 50% opacity of based on the default foreground color.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2019): @cup, my bad. I thought this was for customization in the new windows terminal, which doesn't do the inversion, it instead does a 50% opacity of based on the default foreground color.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 21:41:31 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020):

Oh hey, this issue looks like it got lost.

We merged #3471 months ago which added this to the Terminal. Plus, there's now #3580 for tracking adding a selectionForeground color. I'd say that with that in mind, this can be closed.

Thanks all!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020): Oh hey, this issue looks like it got lost. We merged #3471 _months_ ago which added this to the Terminal. Plus, there's now #3580 for tracking adding a `selectionForeground` color. I'd say that with that in mind, this can be closed. Thanks all!
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