Don't change background color of selected terminal text #200428
Description
Type: Bug
Text selection in the terminal seems to render by changing the background color of text. While that seems reasonable on the surface, it does weird things with powerline type features and other highlighting that might be built into the shell. Notice in the second screenshot below that different parts of the powerline are no longer visible nor are the highlights on directories.
Contrast this with Windows Terminal
Perhaps vscode could blend the selection background and foreground colors with the existing colors instead of overwriting them. Or render selection as an overlay.
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.86.0-insider (02b9071, 2023-12-08T11:53:10.286Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor (32 x 3400) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.92GB (20.17GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 22cf4e37-a96e-4ad9-82f0-8715f8e2bf6e |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
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