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File paints its output in named regions. Each region is a FileStyles value you can recolor per control instance.

ℹ️ Styling is per control — there is no global “style all file browsers” API. The only style-related global setting is PromptPlus.Config.ContrastRatio.

The `FileStyles` regions

Region	What it paints
`Prompt`	The prompt text
`Answer`	The confirmed answer shown after `.Run()`
`Description`	The description line under the prompt
`Selected`	The focused / selected entry
`UnSelected`	The non-focused entries
`Error`	The error line
`Pagination`	The page indicator
`Tooltips`	The keyboard-hint line
`Lines`	The tree connector lines
`ExpandSymbol`	The expand / collapse symbol on folders
`FileRoot`	The root folder header
`FileTypeFolder`	Folder entries
`FileTypeFile`	File entries
`FileSize`	The file-size column

Recoloring a region

Use the fluent Styles method. A Style is a foreground color, a background color, and an Overflow strategy — there is no bold/italic/underline. A bare Color is accepted as shorthand for a foreground-only style.

using ConsolePlusLibrary;
using PromptPlusLibrary;

PromptPlus.Controls
    .File("Styled browser")
    .Root(@"C:\Projects")
    .Styles(FileStyles.Prompt,         new Style(Color.Yellow, Color.Black))
    .Styles(FileStyles.FileTypeFolder, new Style(Color.Cyan, Color.Black))
    .Styles(FileStyles.FileTypeFile,   new Style(Color.White, Color.Black))
    .Styles(FileStyles.FileSize,       new Style(Color.Gray, Color.Black))
    .Styles(FileStyles.Selected,       new Style(Color.Black, Color.Gray))
    .Run();

To reuse a theme across browsers, wrap the styling in a helper you call for each control — the library does not broadcast styles for you. See Global Styles for the pattern.

Contrast enforcement

PromptPlus nudges foreground colors that fall below the configured contrast ratio so text stays readable on any terminal theme. Tune or disable with PromptPlus.Config.ContrastRatio.

PromptPlus

The FileStyles regions

Recoloring a region

Contrast enforcement

See also

The `FileStyles` regions