Fix colors in light theme terminals #7

Instead of having color themes and making cli a bit more complicated I
added a fix to make bacgkround black by default.
I attached alacritty light theme. Test it with `alacritty --config-file
alacritty.light.toml` and then run `xdgctl`.
This could be improved in the future.

Author Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com> 2026-01-26 13:12:11 +0100
Committer Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com> 2026-01-26 13:12:11 +0100
Commit 98a0702d56754f80eb6b9da017de10502548d14b (patch)
-rw-r--r-- alacritty.light.toml 31
-rw-r--r-- main.c 18
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/alacritty.light.toml b/alacritty.light.toml 
  
 1 
[colors.primary]
 
  
 2 
background = "#FFFFFF"
 
  
 3 
foreground = "#1A1A1A"
 
  
 4 
  
 
  
 5 
[colors.cursor]
 
  
 6 
text = "#FFFFFF"
 
  
 7 
cursor = "#1A1A1A"
 
  
 8 
  
 
  
 9 
[colors.selection]
 
  
 10 
text = "#1A1A1A"
 
  
 11 
background = "#E5E5E5"
 
  
 12 
  
 
  
 13 
[colors.normal]
 
  
 14 
black   = "#000000"
 
  
 15 
red     = "#CC0000"
 
  
 16 
green   = "#008800"
 
  
 17 
yellow  = "#AA8800"
 
  
 18 
blue    = "#0033CC"
 
  
 19 
magenta = "#880088"
 
  
 20 
cyan    = "#008888"
 
  
 21 
white   = "#E6E6E6"
 
  
 22 
  
 
  
 23 
[colors.bright]
 
  
 24 
black   = "#666666"
 
  
 25 
red     = "#FF3333"
 
  
 26 
green   = "#22AA22"
 
  
 27 
yellow  = "#E6B800"
 
  
 28 
blue    = "#3366FF"
 
  
 29 
magenta = "#CC33CC"
 
  
 30 
cyan    = "#33CCCC"
 
  
 31 
white   = "#FFFFFF"
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
...
23 
#define COLOR_TITLE (TB_YELLOW | TB_BOLD)
 23 
#define COLOR_TITLE (TB_YELLOW | TB_BOLD)
24 
#define COLOR_SELECTED TB_BLUE
 24 
#define COLOR_SELECTED TB_BLUE
25 
#define COLOR_DEFAULT TB_WHITE
 25 
#define COLOR_DEFAULT TB_WHITE
26 
#define COLOR_DIM TB_DIM
 26 
#define COLOR_BG TB_BLACK
 
  
 27 
#define COLOR_DIM TB_WHITE
27 
#define COLOR_SUCCESS TB_GREEN
 28 
#define COLOR_SUCCESS TB_GREEN
28 
#define COLOR_ERROR TB_RED
 29 
#define COLOR_ERROR TB_RED
29 
  
 30 
  
...
100 
}
 101 
}
101 
  
 102 
  
102 
void draw_titles() {
 103 
void draw_titles() {
103 
	tb_print(X_OFF_CATEGORIES, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, TB_DEFAULT, "CATEGORIES");
 104 
	tb_print(X_OFF_CATEGORIES, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, COLOR_BG, "CATEGORIES");
104 
	tb_print(X_OFF_APPS, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, TB_DEFAULT, "APPLICATIONS");
 105 
	tb_print(X_OFF_APPS, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, COLOR_BG, "APPLICATIONS");
105 
	tb_print(X_OFF_FILE, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, TB_DEFAULT, "FILE");
 106 
	tb_print(X_OFF_FILE, Y_OFF_TITLES, COLOR_TITLE, COLOR_BG, "FILE");
106 
}
 107 
}
107 
  
 108 
  
108 
void draw_categories(State *state) {
 109 
void draw_categories(State *state) {
...
111 
	for (int i = 0; i < height && (i + state->category_offset) < count; ++i) {
 112 
	for (int i = 0; i < height && (i + state->category_offset) < count; ++i) {
112 
		int idx = i + state->category_offset;
 113 
		int idx = i + state->category_offset;
113 
		uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
 114 
		uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
114 
		uint16_t bg = TB_DEFAULT;
 115 
		uint16_t bg = COLOR_BG;
115 
		if (state->col == 0 && state->category_idx == idx) {
 116 
		if (state->col == 0 && state->category_idx == idx) {
116 
			bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
 117 
			bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
117 
		} else if (state->category_idx == idx) {
 118 
		} else if (state->category_idx == idx) {
...
131 
			int idx = i + state->app_offset;
 132 
			int idx = i + state->app_offset;
132 
			char *app_name = (char *)l->data;
 133 
			char *app_name = (char *)l->data;
133 
			uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
 134 
			uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
134 
			uint16_t bg = TB_DEFAULT;
 135 
			uint16_t bg = COLOR_BG;
135 
			if (state->col == 1 && state->app_idx == idx) {
 136 
			if (state->col == 1 && state->app_idx == idx) {
136 
				bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
 137 
				bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
137 
			}
 138 
			}
...
166 
		int idx = i + state->app_offset;
 167 
		int idx = i + state->app_offset;
167 
		GAppInfo *app = (GAppInfo *)l->data;
 168 
		GAppInfo *app = (GAppInfo *)l->data;
168 
		uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
 169 
		uint16_t fg = COLOR_DEFAULT;
169 
		uint16_t bg = TB_DEFAULT;
 170 
		uint16_t bg = COLOR_BG;
170 
		if (state->col == 1 && state->app_idx == idx) {
 171 
		if (state->col == 1 && state->app_idx == idx) {
171 
			bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
 172 
			bg = COLOR_SELECTED;
172 
		}
 173 
		}
...
204 
		if (strncmp(state->message, "Failed", 6) == 0) {
 205 
		if (strncmp(state->message, "Failed", 6) == 0) {
205 
			msg_col = COLOR_ERROR;
 206 
			msg_col = COLOR_ERROR;
206 
		}
 207 
		}
207 
		tb_print(X_OFF_CATEGORIES, tb_height() - 1, msg_col, TB_DEFAULT, state->message);
 208 
		tb_print(X_OFF_CATEGORIES, tb_height() - 1, msg_col, COLOR_BG, state->message);
208 
	}
 209 
	}
209 
  
 210 
  
210 
	tb_present();
 211 
	tb_present();
...
214 
	if (tb_init() != 0) {
 215 
	if (tb_init() != 0) {
215 
		return 1;
 216 
		return 1;
216 
	}
 217 
	}
 
  
 218 
	tb_set_clear_attrs(COLOR_DEFAULT, COLOR_BG);
217 
  
 219 
  
218 
	State state = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, {0}, NULL, 0, 0};
 220 
	State state = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, {0}, NULL, 0, 0};
219 
	char *dev_env = getenv("XDGCTL_DEV");
 221 
	char *dev_env = getenv("XDGCTL_DEV");
...