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• Download this extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/css-and-javascript-inject/ckddknfdmcemedlmmebildepcmneakaa?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog

• allow it to run it on your crosh tabs by enabling this: chrome://flags/#extensions-on-chrome-urls
• launch a terminal (ctrl-alt-t)
• click the extention's icon and insert the javascript below

voila! now your terminal will always start with these colors

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// Disable bold

term_.prefs_.set('enable-bold', false)

// Use this for Solarized Dark

term_.prefs_.set('background-color', "#002b36");

term_.prefs_.set('foreground-color', "#839496");

// Solarized Colors

term_.prefs_.set('color-palette-overrides', [

'#073642',

'#dc322f',

'#859900',

'#b58900',

'#268bd2',

'#d33682',

'#2aa198',

'#eee8d5',

'#002b36',

'#cb4b16',

'#586e75',

'#657b83',

'#839496',

'#6c71c4',

'#93a1a1',

'#fdf6e3'

]);

// set font

var fonts=term_.prefs_.get('font-family');

term_.prefs_.set('font-family', '"Droid Sans Mono", '.concat(fonts));

term_.prefs_.set('background-image', 'url(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XrXVg9OJeNo/Vy6mw_pfsJI/AAAAAAAABIQ/nvbsquMq2k431d7M5ekZ0UGL06Kl_41YACLcB/s1600/ecommerce-dark-background.jpg')

term_.prefs_.set('environment', {TERM: 'xterm-256color'});

term_.prefs_.set('cursor-blink', true);

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biscuitlad commented Oct 25, 2018

Doesn't have any effect for me? Javascript stays associated with crosh tab, but no change in appearance.

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LewisGates2001 commented Sep 19, 2025

smae here

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coderofsalvation commented Sep 19, 2025 • edited Loading

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This was 2017, so I guess various chromeos updates broke this fix..which is sad :/ I've installed galliumOs afterwards (basically ubuntu for chromebooks), and have never looked back **shrug**

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