From be71f1090343cff1a0b2f0a9e0cab9a9cf8e96dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver <oliveratkinsoneng@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:25:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] colors

---
 src/app/app.rs  |  7 ++++---
 src/app/mode.rs | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/app.rs b/src/app/app.rs
index 99ea621..8bc4ff9 100644
--- a/src/app/app.rs
+++ b/src/app/app.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ impl Widget for &App {
                 x2 += 1;
                 y2 += 1;
 
-
-
                 if x >= x1 && x <= x2{
                     // in-between the Xs
                     if y >= y1 && y <= y2 {
@@ -172,7 +170,10 @@ impl App {
 
         let bottom_split = Layout::default()
             .direction(layout::Direction::Horizontal)
-            .constraints([Constraint::Percentage(50), Constraint::Percentage(50)])
+            .constraints([
+                Constraint::Min(30),
+                Constraint::Min(100),
+            ])
             .split(cmd_line);
 
         let cmd_line_left = bottom_split[0];
diff --git a/src/app/mode.rs b/src/app/mode.rs
index 123dde8..9fd0e10 100644
--- a/src/app/mode.rs
+++ b/src/app/mode.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
 use ratatui::{
-    layout::Rect,
-    prelude,
-    widgets::{Paragraph, Widget},
+    layout::Rect, prelude, style::{Color, Modifier, Style}, widgets::{Paragraph, Widget}
 };
 
-use crate::app::{self, app::App};
+use crate::app::{app::App};
 
 pub enum Mode {
     Insert(Editor),
@@ -18,7 +16,19 @@ pub enum Mode {
 
 impl Widget for &Mode {
     fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut prelude::Buffer) {
-        Paragraph::new(self.to_string()).render(area, buf);
+        let style = match self {
+            // Where you are typing - italic
+            Mode::Insert(_) => Style::new().fg(Color::Blue).add_modifier(Modifier::ITALIC),
+            Mode::Command(_) => Style::new().fg(Color::LightGreen).add_modifier(Modifier::ITALIC),
+            Mode::Chord(_) => Style::new().fg(Color::Blue).add_modifier(Modifier::ITALIC),
+            // Movement-based modes
+            Mode::Visual(_) => Style::new().fg(Color::Yellow),
+            Mode::Normal => Style::new().fg(Color::Green),
+        };
+
+        Paragraph::new(self.to_string())
+            .style(style)
+            .render(area, buf);
     }
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +153,7 @@ pub struct Editor {
     cursor: usize,
     pub location: (usize, usize),
 }
+
 impl Editor {
     fn new(value: String, loc: (usize, usize)) -> Self {
         Self {