Null/inverse selection color

[jpnurmi]

Would it be possible to make the selection color nullable and draw selected cells inverted when the selection color is null?

gnome-terminal-selection.webm

[jpnurmi]

P.S. Perhaps the same approach could work for the cursor color too?

[jpnurmi]

P.P.S. In fact, the GNOME terminal uses inverse colors even for search. This way, you never end up with unreadable colors.

[jpnurmi]

Here's a quick and dirty proof of concept with xterm.dart. If a cell is selected, toggle its inverse flag. If it has cursor, toggle the inverse flag again.

xterm-inverse-cursor-selection-color.webm