terminal colour settings

[Skmonkay]

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[Skmonkay]

Hi,

I can't find out how to either reset or change the Azure CLI Cloud Shell terminal settings. I have larger scripts now and find the black background I changed it to difficult to use.

Thanks.

[yonzhan]

color

[Skmonkay]

Tried it. Can you give me more? Alan

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[Skmonkay]

az config set core.no_color=true # no change
reset # no change

az config --help # nothing

Microsoft Docs for "color" in AZ CLI # nothing

[jiasli]

Hi @Skmonkay, apologize for the confusion. @yonzhan is only triaging this issue indicating we have received your request.

Could you share a screenshot of what you are seeing, so that I can better understand your requirement?

[Skmonkay]

[Skmonkay]

This is Bash. Only a black background for now. Very hard to see coding.

[Skmonkay]

And in PowerShell it's really nice with the blue default backgroud:

[jiasli]

@Skmonkay, I see what you are talking about.

Azure CLI az is simply a command line executable running on Cloud Shell. It has nothing to do with the black background of Cloud Shell. In other words, the black background of Cloud Shell is out of the control of Azure CLI.

This screenshot you shared is coming from vi, right?

My repo

I can see the same result while running vi .bashrc:

PowerShell terminal doesn't look better for vi:

Solution 1: Change font to Monospace

You may change the font to Monospace which is bolder than Courier New.

Solution 2: Use VS Code editor

The VS Code editor (GUI) are available for both Bash and PowerShell:

Note that the file extension .sh must be included in the file name to get syntax highlighting.

[jiasli]

The colors in Cloud Shell (including the background) are not configurable, and that's why Azure CLI hardcodes RGB colors to get better visual effect in Cloud Shell (#17283).

I have also created Azure/CloudShell#84 to track this readability issue.

[Skmonkay]

Hi,

Yeah, I came to the same conclusions as you. I'll have to live with it and stick with the VS Code Editor.

Thanks.

Alan

[jiasli]

@Skmonkay, I am glad to know the workaround works for you. You may also vote on these issues:

• [BUG] Text in vi is very hard to see CloudShell#84
• https://feedback.azure.com/forums/598699-azure-cloud-shell/suggestions/34656385-font-background-color
• https://feedback.azure.com/forums/598699-azure-cloud-shell/suggestions/35185162-the-red-on-blue-can-be-hard-to-read-for-color-cha