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Color Console - a simple class to add color to .NET Console commands more easily.
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace MainColorConsole
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ColorConsole.WriteWrappedHeader("Color Console Examples");
Console.WriteLine("\nUsing a splash of color in your Console code more easily... (plain text)\n");
ColorConsole.WriteLine("Color me this - in Red", ConsoleColor.Red);
ColorConsole.WriteWrappedHeader("Off with their green Heads!", headerColor: ConsoleColor.Green);
ColorConsole.WriteWarning("\nWorking...\n");
Console.WriteLine("Writing some mixed colors: (plain text)");
ColorConsole.WriteEmbeddedColorLine(
"Launch the site with [darkcyan]https://localhost:5200[/darkcyan] and press [yellow]Ctrl-c[/yellow] to exit.\n");
ColorConsole.WriteSuccess("The operation completed successfully.");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Console Color Helper class that provides coloring to individual commands
/// </summary>
public static class ColorConsole
{
/// <summary>
/// WriteLine with color
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <param name="color"></param>
public static void WriteLine(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
{
if (color.HasValue)
{
var oldColor = System.Console.ForegroundColor;
if (color == oldColor)
Console.WriteLine(text);
else
{
Console.ForegroundColor = color.Value;
Console.WriteLine(text);
Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor;
}
}
else
Console.WriteLine(text);
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes out a line with a specific color as a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to write</param>
/// <param name="color">A console color. Must match ConsoleColors collection names (case insensitive)</param>
public static void WriteLine(string text, string color)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(color))
{
WriteLine(text);
return;
}
if (!Enum.TryParse(color, true, out ConsoleColor col))
{
WriteLine(text);
}
else
{
WriteLine(text, col);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Write with color
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <param name="color"></param>
public static void Write(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
{
if (color.HasValue)
{
var oldColor = System.Console.ForegroundColor;
if (color == oldColor)
Console.Write(text);
else
{
Console.ForegroundColor = color.Value;
Console.Write(text);
Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor;
}
}
else
Console.Write(text);
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes out a line with color specified as a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to write</param>
/// <param name="color">A console color. Must match ConsoleColors collection names (case insensitive)</param>
public static void Write(string text, string color)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(color))
{
Write(text);
return;
}
if (!ConsoleColor.TryParse(color, true, out ConsoleColor col))
{
Write(text);
}
else
{
Write(text, col);
}
}
#region Wrappers and Templates
/// <summary>
/// Writes a line of header text wrapped in a in a pair of lines of dashes:
/// -----------
/// Header Text
/// -----------
/// and allows you to specify a color for the header. The dashes are colored
/// </summary>
/// <param name="headerText">Header text to display</param>
/// <param name="wrapperChar">wrapper character (-)</param>
/// <param name="headerColor">Color for header text (yellow)</param>
/// <param name="dashColor">Color for dashes (gray)</param>
public static void WriteWrappedHeader(string headerText,
char wrapperChar = '-',
ConsoleColor headerColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow,
ConsoleColor dashColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGray)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(headerText))
return;
string line = new string(wrapperChar, headerText.Length);
WriteLine(line,dashColor);
WriteLine(headerText, headerColor);
WriteLine(line,dashColor);
}
private static Lazy<Regex> colorBlockRegEx = new Lazy<Regex>(
()=> new Regex("\\[(?<color>.*?)\\](?<text>[^[]*)\\[/\\k<color>\\]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase),
isThreadSafe: true);
/// <summary>
/// Allows a string to be written with embedded color values using:
/// This is [red]Red[/red] text and this is [cyan]Blue[/blue] text
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to display</param>
/// <param name="baseTextColor">Base text color</param>
public static void WriteEmbeddedColorLine(string text, ConsoleColor? baseTextColor = null)
{
if (baseTextColor == null)
baseTextColor = Console.ForegroundColor;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
WriteLine(string.Empty);
return;
}
int at = text.IndexOf("[");
int at2 = text.IndexOf("]");
if (at == -1 || at2 <= at)
{
WriteLine(text, baseTextColor);
return;
}
while (true)
{
var match = colorBlockRegEx.Value.Match(text);
if (match.Length < 1)
{
Write(text, baseTextColor);
break;
}
// write up to expression
Write(text.Substring(0, match.Index), baseTextColor);
// strip out the expression
string highlightText = match.Groups["text"].Value;
string colorVal = match.Groups["color"].Value;
Write(highlightText, colorVal);
// remainder of string
text = text.Substring(match.Index + match.Value.Length);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
#endregion
#region Success, Error, Info, Warning Wrappers
/// <summary>
/// Write a Success Line - green
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to write out</param>
public static void WriteSuccess(string text)
{
WriteLine(text, ConsoleColor.Green);
}
/// <summary>
/// Write a Error Line - Red
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to write out</param>
public static void WriteError(string text)
{
WriteLine(text, ConsoleColor.Red);
}
/// <summary>
/// Write a Warning Line - Yellow
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to Write out</param>
public static void WriteWarning(string text)
{
WriteLine(text, ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
}
/// <summary>
/// Write a Info Line - dark cyan
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to write out</param>
public static void WriteInfo(string text)
{
WriteLine(text, ConsoleColor.DarkCyan);
}
#endregion
}
}
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Totally right. Totally forgot that that's available for char values, but not for strings which is what I used the above for typically. Updated. Thanks.

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jslicer commented Jul 13, 2020 via email

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Under which license is this published? I use it in some internal tool but if I open source it I must publish the license of all parts.

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