[Improve] Keep rendered content legible across IDE themes

webview-ui/playwright/vscode-theme-base.css

@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ body {
 	padding: 16px;
 }
 
+.vscode-text-field-mock {
+	box-sizing: border-box;
+	background: var(--vscode-input-background);
+	border: 1px solid var(--vscode-input-border, transparent);
+	color: var(--vscode-input-foreground);
+	font: inherit;
+	padding: 4px 6px;
+}
+
+.vscode-text-field-mock::placeholder {
+	color: var(--vscode-input-placeholderForeground, var(--vscode-descriptionForeground));
+	opacity: 1;
+}
+
 /* @vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react renders VSCodeButton as a bare
    <button appearance="primary|secondary"> outside VS Code's web-component
    runtime. Style it here so button screenshots match the real appearance. */

webview-ui/src/__mocks__/@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react.tsx

@@ -52,9 +52,15 @@ export const VSCodeLink = ({ children, href, ...props }: any) => (
 	</a>
 )
 
-export const VSCodeTextField = ({ value, onInput, "data-testid": dataTestId, children, ...props }: any) => (
-	<div>
-		<input data-testid={dataTestId} value={value} onInput={onInput} {...props} />
+export const VSCodeTextField = ({ value, onInput, "data-testid": dataTestId, children, className, ...props }: any) => (
+	<div className={className}>
+		<input
+			className="vscode-text-field-mock w-full"
+			data-testid={dataTestId}
+			value={value}
+			onInput={onInput}
+			{...props}
+		/>
 		{children}
 	</div>
 )

webview-ui/src/components/chat/CommandPatternSelector.tsx

@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ export const CommandPatternSelector: React.FC<CommandPatternSelectorProps> = ({
 					<span
 						className={cn(
 							"text-sm flex-1 group-hover:opacity-100",
-							isExpanded ? "opacity-100" : "opacity-40",
+							isExpanded ? "text-vscode-foreground" : "text-vscode-descriptionForeground",
 						)}>
 						<CheckCheck className="size-3 inline-block mr-2" />
 						{t("chat:commandExecution.manageCommands")}
 					</span>
 					<ChevronUp
 						className={cn(
 							"group-hover:opacity-100 size-4 transition-transform",
-							isExpanded ? "opacity-100" : "opacity-40 -rotate-180",
+							isExpanded ? "text-vscode-foreground" : "text-vscode-descriptionForeground -rotate-180",
 						)}
 					/>
 				</div>
@@ -135,12 +135,14 @@ export const CommandPatternSelector: React.FC<CommandPatternSelectorProps> = ({
 										)}>
 										<button
 											className={cn("p-1 rounded transition-all cursor-pointer", {
-												"bg-green-500/20 text-green-500 hover:bg-green-500/30":
+												"bg-vscode-list-activeSelectionBackground text-vscode-list-activeSelectionForeground hover:bg-vscode-list-focusBackground":
 													status === "allowed",
-												"text-vscode-descriptionForeground hover:text-green-500 hover:bg-green-500/10":
+												"text-vscode-descriptionForeground hover:text-vscode-foreground hover:bg-vscode-list-hoverBackground":
 													status !== "allowed",
 											})}
 											onClick={() => onAllowPatternChange(editState.value)}
+											aria-pressed={status === "allowed"}
+											data-testid="allow-command-pattern"
 											aria-label={t(
 												status === "allowed"
 													? "chat:commandExecution.removeFromAllowed"
@@ -157,11 +159,14 @@ export const CommandPatternSelector: React.FC<CommandPatternSelectorProps> = ({
 										)}>
 										<button
 											className={cn("p-1 rounded transition-all cursor-pointer", {
-												"bg-red-500/20 text-red-500 hover:bg-red-500/30": status === "denied",
-												"text-vscode-descriptionForeground hover:text-red-500 hover:bg-red-500/10":
+												"bg-vscode-list-activeSelectionBackground text-vscode-list-activeSelectionForeground hover:bg-vscode-list-focusBackground":
+													status === "denied",
+												"text-vscode-descriptionForeground hover:text-vscode-foreground hover:bg-vscode-list-hoverBackground":
 													status !== "denied",
 											})}
 											onClick={() => onDenyPatternChange(editState.value)}
+											aria-pressed={status === "denied"}
+											data-testid="deny-command-pattern"
 											aria-label={t(
 												status === "denied"
 													? "chat:commandExecution.removeFromDenied"

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ContextMenu.tsx

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 						style={{
 							fontWeight: "bold",
 							fontSize: "0.85em",
-							opacity: 0.8,
+							color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 						}}>
 						{option.label}
 					</span>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 						{option.description && (
 							<span
 								style={{
-									opacity: 0.5,
+									color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 									fontSize: "0.9em",
 									lineHeight: "1.2",
 									whiteSpace: "nowrap",
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 							{option.argumentHint && (
 								<span
 									style={{
-										opacity: 0.5,
+										color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 										fontSize: "0.9em",
 										lineHeight: "1.2",
 									}}>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 						{option.description && (
 							<span
 								style={{
-									opacity: 0.5,
+									color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 									fontSize: "0.9em",
 									lineHeight: "1.2",
 									whiteSpace: "nowrap",
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 							<span
 								style={{
 									fontSize: "0.85em",
-									opacity: 0.7,
+									color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 									whiteSpace: "nowrap",
 									overflow: "hidden",
 									textOverflow: "ellipsis",
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const ContextMenu: React.FC<ContextMenuProps> = ({
 									direction: "rtl",
 									textAlign: "right",
 									flex: 1,
-									opacity: 0.75,
+									color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
 									fontSize: "0.75em",
 								}}>
 								{folderPath}

webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/ThemeSensitiveStatus.visual.fixture.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import React from "react"
+
+import McpToolRow from "../../mcp/McpToolRow"
+import { CommandPatternSelector } from "../CommandPatternSelector"
+
+export function ThemeSensitiveStatusFixture() {
+	return (
+		<main
+			data-testid="status-surface"
+			className="w-[480px] space-y-5 rounded-lg border border-vscode-panel-border bg-vscode-editor-background p-4 text-vscode-editor-foreground">
+			<section aria-labelledby="commands-title" className="space-y-2">
+				<h2 id="commands-title" className="m-0 text-base font-semibold">
+					Command permissions
+				</h2>
+				<CommandPatternSelector
+					patterns={[
+						{ pattern: "pnpm test", description: "Run the test suite" },
+						{ pattern: "rm -rf", description: "Remove files recursively" },
+					]}
+					allowedCommands={["pnpm test"]}
+					deniedCommands={["rm -rf"]}
+					onAllowPatternChange={() => undefined}
+					onDenyPatternChange={() => undefined}
+				/>
+			</section>
+
+			<section aria-labelledby="mcp-title" className="space-y-2">
+				<h2 id="mcp-title" className="m-0 text-base font-semibold">
+					MCP tools
+				</h2>
+				<McpToolRow
+					tool={{
+						name: "search_workspace",
+						description: "Search files and symbols in the current workspace",
+						enabledForPrompt: false,
+						inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {} },
+					}}
+					serverName="workspace-tools"
+				/>
+			</section>
+		</main>
+	)
+}

webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/ThemeSensitiveStatus.visual.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import React from "react"
+
+import { expect, test } from "../../../../playwright/coverage-fixture"
+import { AppProviders } from "../../../../playwright/AppProviders"
+import { expectContrast } from "../../../../playwright/contrast"
+import { applyVisualTheme, visualThemes } from "../../../../playwright/themes"
+import { ThemeSensitiveStatusFixture } from "./ThemeSensitiveStatus.visual.fixture"
+
+for (const theme of visualThemes) {
+	test(`audits status controls in the VS Code ${theme.name} theme`, async ({ mount, page }) => {
+		await applyVisualTheme(page, theme)
+		const component = await mount(
+			<AppProviders>
+				<ThemeSensitiveStatusFixture />
+			</AppProviders>,
+		)
+		const surface = component.getByTestId("status-surface")
+
+		await component.getByRole("button", { name: /auto-approved commands/i }).click()
+		const allowButton = component.getByTestId("allow-command-pattern").first()
+		const denyButton = component.getByTestId("deny-command-pattern").nth(1)
+		await expect(allowButton).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true")
+		await expect(denyButton).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true")
+		await expectContrast(allowButton, {
+			background: allowButton,
+			minimum: 3,
+			label: `${theme.name} allowed command indicator`,
+		})
+		await expectContrast(denyButton, {
+			background: denyButton,
+			minimum: 3,
+			label: `${theme.name} denied command indicator`,
+		})
+		await expectContrast(component.getByText("Search files and symbols in the current workspace"), {
+			background: surface,
+			label: `${theme.name} disabled MCP description`,
+		})
+
+		await expect(component).toHaveScreenshot(`theme-sensitive-status-${theme.name}.png`)
+	})
+}

webview-ui/src/components/chat/checkpoints/CheckpointSaved.tsx

@@ -87,17 +87,14 @@ export const CheckpointSaved = ({
 			className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 pt-2 pb-3"
 			onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
 			onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}>
-			<div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-blue-400 whitespace-nowrap">
+			<div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-vscode-textLink-foreground whitespace-nowrap">
 				<GitCommitVertical className="w-4" />
 				<span className="font-semibold">{t("chat:checkpoint.regular")}</span>
-				{isCurrent && <span className="text-muted">({t("chat:checkpoint.current")})</span>}
+				{isCurrent && (
+					<span className="text-vscode-descriptionForeground">({t("chat:checkpoint.current")})</span>
+				)}
 			</div>
-			<span
-				className="block w-full h-[2px] mt-[2px] text-xs"
-				style={{
-					backgroundImage:
-						"linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0, 188, 255, .65), rgba(0, 188, 255, .65) 80%, rgba(0, 188, 255, 0) 99%)",
-				}}></span>
+			<span className="block w-full h-[2px] mt-[2px] bg-vscode-textLink-foreground text-xs" aria-hidden="true" />
 
 			{/* Keep menu visible while hovering, popover is open, or briefly after close to prevent jump */}
 			<div data-testid="checkpoint-menu-container" className={cn("h-4 -mt-2", menuVisible ? "block" : "hidden")}>