show color (#24613)

docs/cli/settings.md

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ they appear in the UI.
 | Sandbox Allowed Paths            | `tools.sandboxAllowedPaths`          | List of additional paths that the sandbox is allowed to access.                                                                                                            | `[]`    |
 | Sandbox Network Access           | `tools.sandboxNetworkAccess`         | Whether the sandbox is allowed to access the network.                                                                                                                      | `false` |
 | Enable Interactive Shell         | `tools.shell.enableInteractiveShell` | Use node-pty for an interactive shell experience. Fallback to child_process still applies.                                                                                 | `true`  |
-| Show Color                       | `tools.shell.showColor`              | Show color in shell output.                                                                                                                                                | `false` |
+| Show Color                       | `tools.shell.showColor`              | Show color in shell output.                                                                                                                                                | `true`  |
 | Use Ripgrep                      | `tools.useRipgrep`                   | Use ripgrep for file content search instead of the fallback implementation. Provides faster search performance.                                                            | `true`  |
 | Tool Output Truncation Threshold | `tools.truncateToolOutputThreshold`  | Maximum characters to show when truncating large tool outputs. Set to 0 or negative to disable truncation.                                                                 | `40000` |
 | Disable LLM Correction           | `tools.disableLLMCorrection`         | Disable LLM-based error correction for edit tools. When enabled, tools will fail immediately if exact string matches are not found, instead of attempting to self-correct. | `true`  |

docs/reference/configuration.md

@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 
 - **`tools.shell.showColor`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Show color in shell output.
-  - **Default:** `false`
+  - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`tools.shell.inactivityTimeout`** (number):
   - **Description:** The maximum time in seconds allowed without output from the

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
             label: 'Show Color',
             category: 'Tools',
             requiresRestart: false,
-            default: false,
+            default: true,
             description: 'Show color in shell output.',
             showInDialog: true,
           },

schemas/settings.schema.json

@@ -2440,8 +2440,8 @@
             "showColor": {
               "title": "Show Color",
               "description": "Show color in shell output.",
-              "markdownDescription": "Show color in shell output.\n\n- Category: `Tools`\n- Requires restart: `no`\n- Default: `false`",
+              "markdownDescription": "Show color in shell output.\n\n- Category: `Tools`\n- Requires restart: `no`\n- Default: `true`",
-              "default": false,
+              "default": true,
               "type": "boolean"
             },
             "inactivityTimeout": {