microsoft / microsoft/vscode

Terminal highlighting when using light mode

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Type: Bug

I may be one of the few developers that still prefers light over dark mode, and I am running into an annoying issue when typing in the Terminal window. For instance, if I am writing a "git" command and I type in "git --version", the work "git" appears as one would expect and is easily readable. However, everything type after that "--version", is highlights in black and since, in light more, the terminal text is a light grey, anything entered after the "git" becomes extremely hard to read.

VS Code version: Code 1.136.1 (a44adf7f53e00964ab890f9f8758a334f1fc15bc, 2026-09-03T05:06:41Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
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