Global default style as a theme/flavor option #2791
Description
yazi --debug output
Yazi
Version: 25.4.8 (Nixpkgs 2025-04-08)
Debug : false
Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
Rustc : 1.86.0 (05f9846f 2025-03-31)
Ya
Version: 25.4.8 (Nixpkgs 2025-04-08)
Emulator
TERM : Some("foot")
TERM_PROGRAM : None
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
Brand.from_env : Some(Foot)
Emulator.detect : Emulator { kind: Left(Foot), light: false, cell_size: Some((14, 37)) }
Adapter
Adapter.matches : Sixel
Dimension.available: WindowSize { rows: 49, columns: 97, width: 1358, height: 1813 }
Desktop
XDG_SESSION_TYPE : Some("wayland")
WAYLAND_DISPLAY : Some("wayland-1")
DISPLAY : None
SWAYSOCK : None
HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
WAYFIRE_SOCKET : None
SSH
shared.in_ssh_connection: false
WSL
WSL: false
Variables
SHELL : Some("/run/current-system/sw/bin/fish")
EDITOR : Some("nvim")
VISUAL : None
YAZI_FILE_ONE : None
YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None
Text Opener
default : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
Multiplexers
TMUX : false
tmux version : No such file or directory (os error 2)
tmux build flags : enable-sixel=Unknown
ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
Zellij version : No such file or directory (os error 2)
Dependencies
file : 5.46
ueberzugpp : No such file or directory (os error 2)
ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1.1 / 7.1.1
pdftoppm : 24.02.0
magick : 7.1.1-47
fzf : 0.61.3
fd/fdfind : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
rg : 14.1.1
chafa : 1.14.5
zoxide : 0.9.7
7zz/7z : 24.09 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
jq : 1.7.1
Clipboard
wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
xclip : No such file or directory (os error 2)
xsel : No such file or directory (os error 2)
Routine
`file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain
See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.Please describe the problem you're trying to solve
I like to use different color schemes for different CLI applications (shell, editor, etc.) so I can identify them more quickly when navigating through windows in a tiling window manager. The different background colors are the best way to quickly identify the application. Background colors can be set for specific parts of the UI, but not for empty space or elements that don't have specifically set background colors.
A global style option would solve this problem and could also simplify other themes that use the same text colors in multiple places.
Would you be willing to contribute this feature?
- Yes, I'll give it a shot
Describe the solution you'd like
A new option for theme.toml (or flavor.toml inside of flavors) that sets the default background color. This could also include a default foreground color and all of the other style options. Configuration in theme.toml could look like:
[default]
fg = "#123456"
bg = #654321"
...
or perhaps
[manager]
default = {fg = "#123456", bg = #654321", ...}
Additional context
I'm willing to take a shot at this, but I haven't looked through the code base thoroughly yet. I would greatly appreciate any tips about what the process of adding a style option looks like!
Also, any thoughts/discussion about how the configuration should be formatted or how it would work with existing options is welcome. This option would necessarily be different from the existing options in a pretty significant way.
Checklist
- I have searched the existing issues/discussions
- The latest nightly build doesn't already have this feature