From 03fd2560e83443e09f4af1ae25e553e64bc476d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Zhuravlev <rozhur@zhira.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 17:34:20 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: if text is selected, brighten the background color
 instead of the foreground

---
 render.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 1d0f08af..9ee7a4b8 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -839,8 +839,13 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
 
     if (cell->attrs.dim)
         _fg = color_dim(term, _fg);
-    if (term->conf->bold_in_bright.enabled && cell->attrs.bold)
-        _fg = color_brighten(term, _fg);
+    if (term->conf->bold_in_bright.enabled && cell->attrs.bold) {
+        if (cell->attrs.reverse ^ is_selected) {
+            _bg = color_brighten(term, _bg);
+        } else {
+            _fg = color_brighten(term, _fg);
+        }
+    }
 
     if (cell->attrs.blink && term->blink.state == BLINK_OFF)
         _fg = color_blend_towards(_fg, 0x00000000, term->conf->dim.amount);