In order to correct this, go into iTerm2's setting, navigate to profile > colors and make sure that the colors for Basic Colors > Background and ANSI Colors > Bright Black are different. If this affects you, the problem is likely caused by incorrect color settings. Note: Some iTerm2 users have reported not being able to see the suggestions. ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE= 'fg=#ff00ff,bg=cyan,bold,underline 'įor more info, read the Character Highlighting section of the zsh manual: man zshzle or online. For example, this would show suggestions with bold, underlined, pink text on a cyan background: If your terminal only supports 8 colors, you will need to use a number between 0 and 7.īackground color can also be set, and the suggestion can be styled bold, underlined, or standout. The default is fg=8, which will set the foreground color to color 8 from the 256-color palette. Set ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE to configure the style that the suggestion is shown with. See their comments on overriding internals. Note: If you are using Oh My Zsh, you can put this configuration in a file in the $ZSH_CUSTOM directory. Default values of these variables can be found here. You may want to override the default global config variables. If you invoke the forward-word widget, it will partially accept the suggestion up to the point that the cursor moves to. If you press the → key ( forward-char widget) or End ( end-of-line widget) with the cursor at the end of the buffer, it will accept the suggestion, replacing the contents of the command line buffer with the suggestion. This color can be changed by setting the ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE variable.

It suggests commands as you type based on history and completions.Īs you type commands, you will see a completion offered after the cursor in a muted gray color. Fish-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for zsh.

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