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SQL History Dark Theme unreadable (black text on black background)

Hi Redgate team,

after today’s update that introduced Theme Switching support, SQL History now automatically follows the SSMS/Visual Studio theme. In Dark Mode, this leads to a display issue: SQL History shows black text on a black background, making the content unreadable.

Details:

  • SSMS version: 22.5.0
  • SQL Prompt / SQL History version: 11.3.11
  • Theme: Cool Slate
  • Issue: Text color does not adapt to the dark theme → black text on black background
  • Reproducible: Always, immediately when opening SQL History

Expected behavior:   Readable text colors that match the selected theme, or an option to override the theme for SQL History.

Question:   Is there a way to adjust the font color or disable theme switching for SQL History? If not, it would be great to have a fix or a configuration option in a future update.

Thanks!

ch.lorber
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  • RSchoen

    Is there an expected update for this issue.    I have had to roll back to SSMS 2020 to work around this for the moment.

    I would expect the history window to respect the shading set within SSMS editor theme.

    This is a high impact issue for me.

    RSchoen
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  • Jonathan

    Experiencing this too.  Extremely hard to read when using an SSMS dark theme.

    On older versions of SSMS the SQL Prompt/History section remained white but now it's being overridden by the application.

    Jonathan
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