Changing Background Affects Foreground about powerlevel10k HOT 6 CLOSED

I'll follow your advice and try to use the Lean style.

This is a very good idea.

In addition, you might want to disable the unhelpful behavior of VSCode Terminal: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/terminal/appearance#_minimum-contrast-ratio

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I've added to the docs a new troubleshooting section for this: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k?tab=readme-ov-file#incorrect-foreground-color-in-vscode-terminal

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The only options I see here are user error and terminal bug.

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Hi @romkatv, could you explain better what I did wrong?

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I didn't mean to imply you did something wrong. Let me elaborate.

One option is that you did something different from what you think you did. That would be user error. For example, if you thought you'd changed POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_BACKGROUND but you've actually changed POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_FOREGROUND. I don't think is likely, but I wanted to list this possibility.

Another--more likely--option is that your terminal has a bug. You can verify it with the following command:

print -PC1 '%K{4}%F{255}white on blue%k%f' '%K{38}%F{255}white on teal%k%f'

The output should look like this:

The background on the first line may have a different color in your terminal, and that's normal. This is because colors with the numbers up to 16 are terminal-dependent. The background on the second line, and the foreground on both lines, must have exactly the same colors in all (non-buggy) terminals.

If you get grey foreground on the second line, your terminal is misbehaving. Some terminals have this unhelpful behavior on purpose with the intention of making things better. Some of those have an option in settings to turn this behavior off in their settings. It's usually called something like "minimum contrast". The ideal behind it is that the terminal will change colors if it believes that there isn't enough contrast between the foreground and the background color. I personally despise this option, for I prefer simple systems that do what I tell them to do.

You might find this FAQ helpful: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k?tab=readme-ov-file#directory-is-difficult-to-see-in-prompt-when-using-rainbow-style

My personal advice is to use Lean style. It looks better, saves horizontal space, and avoids many pitfalls around background colors.

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Thanks for the clarification, @romkatv . You're right, the problem is due to the terminal. Specifically, the one integrated into VSCode. In fact, if I write what's suggested in the Apple Terminal and in the VSCode integrated Terminal, I get two different results.

Another--more likely--option is that your terminal has a bug. You can verify it with the following command:

print -PC1 '%K{4}%F{255}white on blue%k%f' '%K{38}%F{255}white on teal%k%f'

OUTPUT VSCODE:

OUTPUT APPLE TERMINAL:

You might find this FAQ helpful: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k?tab=readme-ov-file#directory-is-difficult-to-see-in-prompt-when-using-rainbow-style

My personal advice is to use Lean style. It looks better, saves horizontal space, and avoids many pitfalls around background colors.

I'll follow your advice and try to use the Lean style.

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