Styling Guide

Termina provides a rich set of styling options for text and borders. All styling is done through fluent APIs on layout nodes, with no CSS or external stylesheets.

Overview

Styling in Termina includes:

• Colors - Foreground and background colors for text and borders
• Text Formatting - Bold, italic, underline
• Border Styles - Single, double, rounded, and ASCII borders

Quick Examples

Styled Text

new TextNode("Important message")
    .WithForeground(Color.Red)
    .Bold()

Styled Panel

new PanelNode()
    .WithTitle("Dashboard")
    .WithBorder(BorderStyle.Rounded)
    .WithBorderColor(Color.Cyan)
    .WithTitleColor(Color.BrightCyan)

Colored Spinners

new SpinnerNode()
    .WithLabel("Processing...")
    .WithSpinnerColor(Color.Yellow)
    .WithLabelColor(Color.Gray)

Color System

Termina supports three color modes:

Mode	Description	Example
Default	Terminal's default color	Color.Default
Indexed	256-color palette	Color.Red, Color.FromIndex(42)
RGB	True color (24-bit)	Color.FromRgb(255, 128, 0)

See Colors for details.

Text Formatting

Apply text styles using fluent methods:

new TextNode("Formatted")
    .Bold()
    .Italic()
    .Underline()

See Text Formatting for details.

Border Styles

Four border styles are available:

Single:   ┌───┐     Double:   ╔═══╗
          │   │               ║   ║
          └───┘               ╚═══╝

Rounded:  ╭───╮     ASCII:    +---+
          │   │               |   |
          ╰───╯               +---+

See Borders for details.

Sections

• Colors - Color modes and named colors
• Text Formatting - Bold, italic, underline
• Borders - Border styles and colors
• Theming - Creating consistent visual themes