[BUG] Text in vi is very hard to see

[jiasli]

To Reproduce

vi .bashrc

Observed Behavior

Text in vi is very hard to see. The color has very low contrast ratio compared to the background.

Expected behavior

Text in vi should have enough contrast ratio compared to the background.

Is this specific to Cloud Shell?

Yes.

Interface information

In https://portal.azure.com with Courier New font.

Additional context

This issue is originally reported at Azure/azure-cli#17325. Workarounds are provided at Azure/azure-cli#17325 (comment).

[jiasli]

Some possible solutions:

1. Default the font to Monospace to get bolder font.
2. Make the RGB definition of dark colors lighter. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences#text-formatting
3. Allow the user to customize RGB of colors, like the old Windows Console
   
   and new Windows Terminal
   

[edyoung]

That's a bit odd. My Vi text looks quite different.

Do you by any chance have a vi color scheme enabled or something like that?

[jiasli]

No, because you are already using Monospace. Try Courier New.