input list doesn't support ANSI colored strings well #16200
Description
Describe the bug
Hi, I am not sure if this is really a bug, or should be labeled as a feature request.
Feel free to change :)
Using input list with ANSI colored strings results in incorrectly colored items.
The reason for that is, that there is no ANSI reset sequence at the end of items.
Why this matters?
When building a list dynamically from user defined data, the user might include ANSI codes, which will mess up the formatting.
Many people may not consider this when building scripts that load raw data.
Tables / lists handle ANSI correctly (since the border color overwrites the color before):
input list does not:
When selecting a different item, everything gets colored:
As a workaround, a manual ANSI reset sequence can be put at the end of the item:
How to reproduce
["this" "is" "a" $"(ansi red)colored" "list"] | input listExpected behavior
I expected nu to correctly escape the item coloring.
Configuration
| key | value |
|---|---|
| version | 0.105.1 |
| major | 0 |
| minor | 105 |
| patch | 1 |
| branch | |
| commit_hash | |
| build_os | linux-x86_64 |
| build_target | x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu |
| rust_version | rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23) (built from a source tarball) |
| cargo_version | cargo 1.88.0 (873a06493 2025-05-10) |
| build_time | 1980-01-01 00:00:00 +00:00 |
| build_rust_channel | release |
| allocator | standard |
| features | default, sqlite, trash |
| installed_plugins | gstat 0.105.1, polars 0.105.1, query 0.105.1 |