Background color for folder or directory

[nasrulfuad]

Hi, how do you guys custom background color for folder or directory, I can't read the text..

[jeremypw]

Are you running Terminal on elementary OS? Have you installed a non-standard theme or shell? The Terminal does not normally look like your attached image.

[nasrulfuad]

I'm using ZSH, but if I switch to bash, it's still same

I tried to change the default config with
export LS_COLORS="$LS_COLORS:ow=1;34:tw=1;34:"
and it change the background color

[jeremypw]

Have you tried export LS_COLORS="" then dircolors -b to reset to default colors? Have you edited the .bashrc file in your home directory? Do you have a file called .dir_colors in your home directory which is overriding the default colors? The default coloring can be seen by running dircolors -p. The only filetype that gives a yellow background on my system is one is setgid.

[nasrulfuad]

No, I never edit my .bashrc and I don't have a file .dir_colors in my home dir

[jeremypw]

I am out of ideas in that case 😞 - perhaps someone else can help.

[M3T4Z0D]

Hi @nasrulfuad, have you solved this problem? I just installed the system and i'm having the same problem.

[nasrulfuad]

Try this
export LS_COLORS="$LS_COLORS:ow=1;34:tw=1;34:"

[jeremypw]

We are looking at implementing custom color schemes in Terminal which should help.

[haagensen]

Same problem, two years later. I'm trying to change terminal's directory colours but guess what, there's no way to change "directory back colour". Just a window saying I can change "red" to "something else that's clearly not red but will still be called red", etc. To me, this window makes no sense at all.