Tk Source Code

Existing tag options include

-background color
-foreground color
-bgstipple bitmap
-fgstipple bitmap

To assist with syntax highlighting I would like this tag option:
-selectforeground color

For completeness these options could also be considered:
-selectbackground color
-selectbgstipple bitmap
-selectfgstipple bitmap

Widget Configuration
Different colors are permitted for -foreground and -selectforeground in the widget configuration.  Often the -foreground and -selectbackground colors are dark, and the -selectforeground color is white: the text color is inverted when text is selected.

Tag Configuration
Tag -foreground colors are widely used, e.g. for syntax highlighting, and it would aid readability when using a light -background and a dark -selectbackground (or vice versa) if the text color could be changed when it is selected.

[http://tip.tcl.tk/443.html|TIP #443] ws accepted by TCT vote (but new stippling tag options were rejected).

Now merged to core-8-6-branch and trunk.

TIP #443 deals with this RFE.

Patch: see [3469780].

Patches related to this request are traced in item #3469780, i.e. here:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3469780&group_id=12997&atid=312997

I have cooked a patch for addition of the -selectbackground option to the tags feature.
For some reason I can't attach it to this tracker, don't know why. Any advice?