C#•2y ago

❔ C# Console Application - Need Help With Colors!

Anyone able to recommend me what I can use for colors because the nutget package I installed shows the wrong colors..

40 Replies

$spectre would be my recommendation

MODiX•2y ago

Spectre.Console is a .NET library that allows for easy creation of console UIs, text formatting in the console, and command-line argument parsing. https://spectreconsole.net/

Spectre.Console - Welcome!

Spectre.Console is a .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.

GamerpostOP•2y ago

bet

Cattywampus•2y ago

if you're insisting on doing it your own

        Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

        Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

Pobiega•2y ago

By far the simplest solution, and works quite well. You are limited to 16 colors thou, iirc. The benefit of Spectre is full 24(?) bit color spectrum

Cattywampus•2y ago

yeah, and not to mention they're not thread safe kinda funky

GamerpostOP•2y ago

i dont want my whole line in one color

Pobiega•2y ago

yeah thats doable, but annoying, since you need to split your WriteLine into several Write spectre handles that better AnsiConsole.Markup("[underline red]Hello[/] World!");

Pixel•2y ago

you can use ANSI color code if you don't want to use a library, that's what i did in my Oaklog project \x1b[48;2;{0};{1};{2}m will write a color to the console, 0,1,2 being R,G,B values, to reset the color use the \x1b[0m escape code to reset colors

Pixel•2y ago

https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797 you can use this guide for more information on ANSI color codes

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ANSI Escape Codes

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Pixel•2y ago

.NET C# uses the /x1b escape code do note for ANSI colors to work you need an ANSI-capable output, the built-in command prompt will no do it on windows, powershell is able however and so is most terminal emulators on linux

Pobiega•2y ago

with modern win11 versions even cmdprompt supports it (via windows terminal, which is default in newer versions of win11)

Pixel•2y ago

oh that's nice

Jimmacle•2y ago

old command prompt can do it too iirc, you just have to make a win32 call to enable it

Jimmacle•2y ago

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsolemode

SetConsoleMode function - Windows Console

Sets the input mode of a console's input buffer or the output mode of a console screen buffer.

Jimmacle•2y ago

ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_INPUT

GamerpostOP•2y ago

anyone used Colorful.Console? its showing wrong colors showing blue when i want red

Pobiega•2y ago

Yeah idk, I've never gotten that to work properly. throw it in the garbage bin where it belongs and use spectre, or roll your own with ANSI color codes

GamerpostOP•2y ago

how does the spectre thing work? what do you write exactly

MODiX•2y ago

Pobiega#2671

AnsiConsole.Markup("[underline red]Hello[/] World!");

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GamerpostOP•2y ago

i dont really understand im using writelines

Pobiega•2y ago

you'll just swap your Console.WriteLine to AnsiConsole.Markup

GamerpostOP•2y ago

then how do you get the colors after that? AnsiConsole.Markup(logo, Color.Cyan);

Pobiega•2y ago

AnsiConsole.Markup("[underline red]Hello[/] World!");? what part do you not understand

GamerpostOP•2y ago

its a string ^

Pobiega•2y ago

GamerpostOP•2y ago

how do you print a string

Pobiega•2y ago

What do you think the code I just showed you does? it prints... a string.

GamerpostOP•2y ago

im new to c i mean like variable

Pobiega•2y ago

there are many ways

Pobiega•2y ago

Pobiega•2y ago

or this:

AnsiConsole.Foreground = Color.Cyan1;
AnsiConsole.WriteLine("This is cyan");
AnsiConsole.ResetColors();

AnsiConsole.Foreground = Color.Cyan1;
AnsiConsole.WriteLine("This is cyan");
AnsiConsole.ResetColors();

GamerpostOP•2y ago

theres no way to make it more simple? :(( thanks for your help th tho il look more into it

Pobiega•2y ago

I mean, if you just want something like MyConsole.WriteLine(yourStringVariable, Color.Cyan); thats doable

GamerpostOP•2y ago

i like this , Color.Cyan); makes it more simple how do you do that

Pobiega•2y ago

public static class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        MyConsole.WriteLine("Hello", Color.Cyan1);
    }
}

public static class MyConsole
{
    public static void WriteLine(string str, Color color)
    {
        AnsiConsole.ResetColors();
        AnsiConsole.Foreground = color;
        AnsiConsole.WriteLine(str);
        AnsiConsole.ResetColors();
    }
}

public static class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        MyConsole.WriteLine("Hello", Color.Cyan1);
    }
}

public static class MyConsole
{
    public static void WriteLine(string str, Color color)
    {
        AnsiConsole.ResetColors();
        AnsiConsole.Foreground = color;
        AnsiConsole.WriteLine(str);
        AnsiConsole.ResetColors();
    }
}

tada?

GamerpostOP•2y ago

yess tytty

Pobiega•2y ago

you dont even need Spectre if you just want that thou

public static class MyConsole
{
    public static void WriteLine(string str, Color color)
    {
        Console.ResetColor();
        Console.ForegroundColor = color;
        Console.WriteLine(str);
        Console.ResetColor();
    }
}

public static class MyConsole
{
    public static void WriteLine(string str, Color color)
    {
        Console.ResetColor();
        Console.ForegroundColor = color;
        Console.WriteLine(str);
        Console.ResetColor();
    }
}

works just as well you will get more color options with spectre thou, since it handles full 24 bit colors, if not more

GamerpostOP•2y ago

yeah

Accord•2y ago

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❔ C# Console Application - Need Help With Colors!