focus and mark colors can now be specified in config

test/data/ColorsTest5.conf

@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ project_color =
 context_color =
 link_color =
 metadata_color =
+focus_background_color =
+marked_background_color =

topydo.conf

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ append_parent_contexts      = 0
 ; context_color = magenta
 ; metadata_color = green
 ; link_color = light-cyan
+; focus_background_color = gray
+; marked_background_color = blue
 
 [aliases]
 ;showall = ls -x

topydo/lib/Config.py

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class _Config:
                 'metadata_color': 'green',
                 'link_color': 'cyan',
                 'priority_colors': 'A:cyan,B:yellow,C:blue',
+                'focus_background_color': 'gray',
+                'marked_background_color': 'blue'
             },
 
             'aliases': {
@@ -367,6 +369,18 @@ class _Config:
         except ValueError:
             return Color(self.cp.get('colorscheme', 'link_color'))
 
+    def focus_background_color(self):
+        try:
+            return Color(self.cp.getint('colorscheme', 'focus_background_color'))
+        except ValueError:
+            return Color(self.cp.get('colorscheme', 'focus_background_color'))
+
+    def marked_background_color(self):
+        try:
+            return Color(self.cp.getint('colorscheme', 'marked_background_color'))
+        except ValueError:
+            return Color(self.cp.get('colorscheme', 'marked_background_color'))
+
     def auto_creation_date(self):
         try:
             return self.cp.getboolean('add', 'auto_creation_date')

topydo/ui/columns/Main.py

@@ -193,18 +193,20 @@ class UIApplication(CLIApplicationBase):
         context_color = to_urwid_color(config().context_color())
         metadata_color = to_urwid_color(config().metadata_color())
         link_color = to_urwid_color(config().link_color())
+        focus_background_color = to_urwid_color(config().focus_background_color())
+        marked_background_color = to_urwid_color(config().marked_background_color())
 
         palette = [
             (PaletteItem.PROJECT, '', '', '', project_color, ''),
-            (PaletteItem.PROJECT_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', project_color, None),
+            (PaletteItem.PROJECT_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', project_color, focus_background_color),
             (PaletteItem.CONTEXT, '', '', '', context_color, ''),
-            (PaletteItem.CONTEXT_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', context_color, None),
+            (PaletteItem.CONTEXT_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', context_color, focus_background_color),
             (PaletteItem.METADATA, '', '', '', metadata_color, ''),
-            (PaletteItem.METADATA_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', metadata_color, None),
+            (PaletteItem.METADATA_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', metadata_color, focus_background_color),
             (PaletteItem.LINK, '', '', '', link_color, ''),
-            (PaletteItem.LINK_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', link_color, None),
-            (PaletteItem.DEFAULT_FOCUS, 'black', 'light gray'),
-            (PaletteItem.MARKED, '', 'light blue'),
+            (PaletteItem.LINK_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', link_color, focus_background_color),
+            (PaletteItem.DEFAULT_FOCUS, '', 'light gray', '', '', focus_background_color),
+            (PaletteItem.MARKED, '', 'light blue', '', '', marked_background_color),
         ]
 
         for C in ascii_uppercase:
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ class UIApplication(CLIApplicationBase):
                 'pri_' + C, '', '', '', pri_color, ''
             ))
             palette.append((
-                'pri_' + C + '_focus', '', 'light gray', '', pri_color_focus, None
+                'pri_' + C + '_focus', '', 'light gray', '', pri_color_focus, focus_background_color
             ))
 
         return palette