[konsole] [Bug 407915] New: The "Custom character color" option is required in "Cursor" tab

[Manuel]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407915

            Bug ID: 407915
           Summary: The "Custom character color" option is required in
                    "Cursor" tab
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: konsole-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: mdomlop at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
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The "Custom character color" option is required.

When you go to "Edit current profile" -> "Appearance" -> "Cursor" -> "Color"
you can choose between "Match current character" or "Custom cursor color"

If you choose "Custom color cursor" there should be the possibility to also
choose the color of the character under the cursor.

Without this option it is impossible to have configurations such as:

Dark background, clear letter, clear cursor

or:

Light background, dark letter, dark cursor.

Because choosing "Custom color cursor" takes the color of the character under
the cursor of the rest of the characters.

This makes this option quite useless, because it will almost always produce
very low contrast results. Either the cursor will have little contrast to the
background, or the cursor will have little contrast to the character under the
cursor itself.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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1. Go to "Edit current profile" -> "Appearance"
2. In "Color scheme & font" tab choose a scheme with dark background (Breeze,
for example)
3. Then go to "Cursor" tab and choose "Block" for "Shape" option
4. Finally go to "Color" option, choose "Custom color cursor" and set it to
yellow (or any light color)

OBSERVED RESULT

The character under the cursor has very low contrast to the cursor. It is not
possible to choose a cursor color that contrasts simultaneously with the
background and with the character under the cursor.


EXPECTED RESULT
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There should be an option that allows you to customize the color of the
character under the cursor.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux, kernel 5.1.4
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.58.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3

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