From 3fbfefcd026b2b8a642ca6102d6dbd8f689b8afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Wootten <jeremywootten@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 14:36:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use user accent for selection background

---
 data/styles/elementary-dark.xml               | 2 +-
 data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml | 2 +-
 data/styles/elementary-light.xml              | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml b/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
index ccdff0a7b4..e9ed086d24 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-2"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1" background="bg-4"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1"/><!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-1"/>
diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml b/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
index aa877eeb17..26586afa1d 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-2"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   background="latte"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-0"/> <!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-1"/>
diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-light.xml b/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
index f358f0092e..e39b95b873 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-1"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1" background="bg-4"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1"/> <!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-2"/>