[SOLVED] Unable to set Konsole highlight text color

cthibal · 04-26-2021, 07:55 AM

Hello all,

I am using Slackware64-current / Xfce, and after last update of KDE, it seems I can't set Konsole highlight selected text color (barely visible in very light grey).

After digging goole, I couldn't find any way to change this... I can change background, foreground but no way to find selected text color.

On the other hand, my xterm still respect my .Xresources

I tried to find an entry with kcmshell5 but didn't find anything.

Any help would be appreciated ;-)

BR

Larry

marav · 04-26-2021, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cthibal

Hello all,

I am using Slackware64-current / Xfce, and after last update of KDE, it seems I can't set Konsole highlight selected text color (barely visible in very light grey).

After digging goole, I couldn't find any way to change this... I can change background, foreground but no way to find selected text color.

On the other hand, my xterm still respect my .Xresources

I tried to find an entry with kcmshell5 but didn't find anything.

Any help would be appreciated ;-)

BR

Larry

It seems that :
Highlight and normal text color are the same color setting ( 1st case upper left of foreground / color)

cthibal · 04-26-2021, 01:51 PM

My gosh, you are right !

So there is no more way to select an alternative fg/bg for highlighted text ?

I let you try the white on black theme and select something ;-)

Thanks for the help, I will switch back to Xcfe console till it is fixed !

BR

Larry

Paulo2 · 04-27-2021, 03:53 PM

I reverted to the previous version 20.12.3, it's working ok.

USUARIONUEVO · 04-27-2021, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulo2

I reverted to the previous version 20.12.3, it's working ok.

same here , for other reasons , i have some scripts with desktop entries , launching like this

Quote:

Exec=sh -c "script;${SHELL:-bash}"

i use the latest part for no loose the konsole after script work ends, i know i can use some optional param , like --hold , --noclose , but this only mantain konsole opened but not returned to a usable way.

konsole 21.04.0 says cant find interactive shell , but 20.12.3 works well , as all the before works well.

Paulo2 · 04-27-2021, 10:18 PM

Maybe we should open a bug ticket at KDE

I posted at KDE community forum about the highlight color.
It even has a sub-forum for konsole, but the replies count is extremely low.

Paulo2 · 04-28-2021, 04:15 PM

It seems that the highlight reverse colors will be back

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435309

cthibal · 04-29-2021, 01:47 AM

That's good news, Konsole is quite faster than xfce console...
Many thanks

LuckyCyborg · 04-29-2021, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulo2

It seems that the highlight reverse colors will be back

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435309

I believe that someone (the OP?) should propose to our BDFL to patch ASAP the Konsole, because it's very important for its usability.

https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kon...e_requests/380

bassmadrigal · 04-30-2021, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

I believe that someone (the OP?) should propose to our BDFL to patch ASAP the Konsole, because it's very important for its usability.

https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kon...e_requests/380

That patch doesn't fully fix the issue for all color schemes. Hopefully the devs will either revert to the previous behavior or fix the newly introduced one.

Paulo2 · 05-14-2021, 11:33 AM

The new KDE update fixes (well, sort of) the highlighted text problem in konsole.

There are some color schemes, like Dark Pastels and White on Black, that still have the "blending" selected text.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435309#c23

Quote:

Duncan 2021-05-11 16:25:53 UTC

(In reply to Roberto from comment #22)
> reversed colors always work, why change?

Good question.

For those reading the bug who don't follow git closely enough to have seen the original git commit notes, they said:

>> Improve appearance of text selection
>>
>> By blending foreground & background instead of swapping them,
>> you can get a more visually appealing text selection.

But "more visually appealing" really isn't if it's unreadable, and as we're demonstrating,
blending instead of swapping, by definition, is going to lower that contrast...

I hope they will bring back the old behavior completely.

Regnad Kcin · 05-16-2021, 07:54 PM

Actually I had forgotten how much I like XFCE-terminal. Their "development" in Konsole is wearing me out. I don't find any speed deficit with xfce-terminal.

Regnad Kcin · 05-20-2021, 02:09 AM

This problem is now fixed with the latest upgrades to -current.