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Interactive history search in Julia 1.13 not readable on light background #60810

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@eschnett

I am using a terminal with black text on a white background. The current (?) item in the interactive history search is not readable because it is black-on-black. (With "current item" I mean the bar that moves up and down when I use the cursor keys.)

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I recall that it's difficult to find a colour scheme that works for both light and dark backgrounds, and Julia historically prefers black backgrounds. If there is no good colour scheme that works then there should be a config option to change the background colour of the selection bar.

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  1. giordano commented on Jan 25, 2026

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  3. tecosaur commented on Jan 25, 2026

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    This requires #59958 to be fixed in general/OOTB

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    on Jan 25, 2026
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