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Inverse video (SGR 7)

Category: sgr · Tags: ECMA-48 Standard, VT100 · Specification ↗

SGR 7 swaps the foreground and background colors of the text. The sequence is ESC [ 7 m. Universally supported. Commonly used for selection highlighting, cursor rendering, and visual emphasis in TUI applications. Reset with SGR 27.

Supported by 6 of 6 backends (100%)

Support Matrix

BackendVersionSupportNotes
Alacritty0.26.0✓ yes
Ghostty1.3.1✓ yes
Kitty0.40.0✓ yes
vt1000.1.0✓ yes
WezTerm0.1.0-fork.5✓ yes
xterm.js5.5.0✓ yes

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