[LyX/master] Improve readability of dark text colors in dark mode (#13218)

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

commit 67a87d81f4d58f33306a25532010cecb05d22270
Author: Juergen Spitzmueller <sp...@lyx.org>
Date:   Sat May 16 09:15:43 2026 +0200

    Improve readability of dark text colors in dark mode (#13218)
---
 src/RowPainter.cpp              | 12 +++++++++---
 src/frontends/qt/GuiPainter.cpp |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/RowPainter.cpp b/src/RowPainter.cpp
index fd45245ea7..c8f5b8b3bf 100644
--- a/src/RowPainter.cpp
+++ b/src/RowPainter.cpp
@@ -257,9 +257,15 @@ void RowPainter::paintStringAndSel(Row::Element const & e) 
const
                || pi_.selected;
 
        bool invert = false;
-       if (theApp() && theApp()->isInDarkMode()
-           && 
theApp()->isLightColor(rgbFromHexName(lcolor.getX11HexName(pi_.background_color,
 true))))
-               invert = true;
+       if (theApp() && theApp()->isInDarkMode()) {
+               if (e.font.fontInfo().color() == Color_none
+                   && 
theApp()->isLightColor(rgbFromHexName(lcolor.getX11HexName(pi_.background_color,
 true))))
+                       invert = true;
+               else if (pi_.background_color == Color_background
+                        && e.font.fontInfo().color() != Color_none
+                        && 
!theApp()->isLightColor(rgbFromHexName(lcolor.getX11HexName(e.font.fontInfo().color()))))
+                       invert = true;
+       }
 
        if (e.type == Row::PREEDIT) {
                // the case of the preedit element
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiPainter.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiPainter.cpp
index 0383cf5b45..04e9fb9c9e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiPainter.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiPainter.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,13 @@ void GuiPainter::text(int x, int y, docstring const & s,
 
        textDecoration(f, x, y, textwidth);
 
-       setQPainterPen(computeColor(f.realColor(invert)));
+       Color const rc = f.realColor(invert);
+       QColor penColor = computeColor(rc);
+       if (invert && rc == f.color())
+               // We are in dark mode and have a dark text color.
+               // Brighten that for workarea display (#13218)
+               penColor = penColor.lighter(170);
+       setQPainterPen(penColor);
        if (dir != Auto) {
                auto ptl = fm.getTextLayout(s, dir == RtL, wordspacing);
                QTextLine const & tline = ptl->lineForTextPosition(0);
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