From 367f17a4ffd2671c534186b00a5e0934c9ff0cbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 09:17:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve colours in selection if the option style is default,
 GitHub issue 4498.

---
 screen.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 0756f217..03d120b4 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -572,7 +572,10 @@ screen_select_cell(struct screen *s, struct grid_cell *dst,
 		return;
 
 	memcpy(dst, &s->sel->cell, sizeof *dst);
-
+	if (COLOUR_DEFAULT(dst->fg))
+		dst->fg = src->fg;
+	if (COLOUR_DEFAULT(dst->bg))
+		dst->bg = src->bg;
 	utf8_copy(&dst->data, &src->data);
 	dst->attr = dst->attr & ~GRID_ATTR_CHARSET;
 	dst->attr |= src->attr & GRID_ATTR_CHARSET;