[Bug] Dark theme terminal readability: black text on dark background
Status Closed — not planned
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 9 comments · opened Oct 30, 2025 · closed Jan 11, 2026
Bug Description
It often happens, that I see black text in dark themed terminal and it is very hard to read.
Example from JetBrains terminal (Claude Code plugin):
<img width="3310" height="1856" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a539a921-2c19-4a0e-8aee-a20a66427492" />
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: pycharm
- Version: 2.0.27
- Feedback ID: 166d817f-a727-451f-bf54-5e33b1e8a2b6
Errors
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9 Comments
Found 3 possible duplicate issues:
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This issue is different (despite related) from other similar issues
@stefansimik You can use tweakcc to edit theme colors. It might help you in the short term.
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There is still the same problem occuriing, it was not fixed.
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Is there any update on this issue? I still see it's happing on my end
Same problem here
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