From 46c07296a08e4cdde3d8363c79fc7de36f21ed0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Sullivan <michael.sullivan@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 17:11:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] When clearing, enforce text colour to black and move
 cursor to the black text

---
 rascal2/widgets/terminal.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py b/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
index 71185824..ff472771 100644
--- a/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
+++ b/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ def write_error(self, text: str):
 
     def clear(self):
         """Clear the text in the terminal."""
+        self.write_html('<div style="color: black;white-space: pre-line;"><b>" "</b></div>')
+        self.text_area.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.MoveOperation.Start, QtGui.QTextCursor.MoveMode.MoveAnchor)
         self.text_area.setPlainText("")
         self.update()
 

From 34d16924158ffe9df8c23ee84efba69dd0a1096d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Sullivan <michael.sullivan@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 16:02:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove hardcoding black text colour when resetting
 terminal

---
 rascal2/widgets/terminal.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py b/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
index ff472771..a55c1cf3 100644
--- a/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
+++ b/rascal2/widgets/terminal.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def write_error(self, text: str):
 
     def clear(self):
         """Clear the text in the terminal."""
-        self.write_html('<div style="color: black;white-space: pre-line;"><b>" "</b></div>')
+        self.write_html('<div style="white-space: pre-line;"><b>" "</b></div>')
         self.text_area.moveCursor(QtGui.QTextCursor.MoveOperation.Start, QtGui.QTextCursor.MoveMode.MoveAnchor)
         self.text_area.setPlainText("")
         self.update()