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Increase contrast for the currently selected session

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Description

### Feature summary

Make the currently selected session clearly distinguishable with a higher-contrast background and border.

### What problem are you trying to solve?

The current selected-session state in the session list is too subtle. With eye-friendly monitor settings commonly used by developers who spend all day looking at screens—lower brightness, warmer color temperature, reduced contrast, night-light modes, or similar calibration—it is difficult to tell which session is currently active.

This creates repeated visual friction when working with many parallel sessions: I have to stop and carefully scan the sidebar before I can confirm which session I am viewing. The selection state should remain obvious across supported themes and display configurations.

### Proposed solution

Use a visibly stronger selected state for the current session row:

Apply a filled, higher-contrast background using the active theme's accent or selection token.
Add a clear border or leading indicator in the same accent color used for the focused composer/text-box border.
Preserve readable text and icon contrast in light and dark themes.
Keep hover, unread, running, and selected states visually distinct.
Aim for at least 3:1 non-text contrast between the selected state and adjacent session rows.

For the current GitHub theme, a green-tinted selected background matching the focused text-box border would work well. The exact color should remain theme-aware rather than hard-coded.

### Workflow impact

This would help developers managing many concurrent sessions, especially people using low-brightness, warm-color, reduced-contrast, night-light, or other eye-comfort monitor settings during long workdays. It would make session switching faster, reduce accidental work in the wrong session, and improve basic visual accessibility.

### Installation context

GitHub Copilot desktop app on Windows; applies to the session sidebar across platforms.

### Additional context

The key requirement is persistent, immediately recognizable contrast for the active session—not only a subtle hover effect or small icon. Ideally the selected state should be tested across every built-in theme and under reduced-contrast display conditions.

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Piste de recherche

Start by locating the session sidebar's selected-row styling and the theme tokens used by the focused composer or text-box border. Compare the selected, hover, unread, and running states across built-in light and dark themes, then verify that the selected session is visibly distinct while text and icons remain readable.

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Évaluation

Stack technique
github
Domaine
accessibility, design, desktop
Type d'issue
Fonctionnalité
Difficulté
3/5
Temps estimé
1-2 jours
Activité
Calme
Clarté
Plutôt claire
Accessibilité débutants
55/100

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