From c3d4ece8b5f889a0905a63d816554727908a6081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avisek Ray <153633053+biisal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 12:06:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): `highlighter` now modifies the cell directly.
 (#2171)

---
 internal/ui/list/highlight.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/ui/list/highlight.go b/internal/ui/list/highlight.go
index 631181db29ce5bc3a2087de30341342f0374b229..5d1eb94d4c780cd1ceb67b203fa8ede784cf5cb8 100644
--- a/internal/ui/list/highlight.go
+++ b/internal/ui/list/highlight.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func HighlightBuffer(content string, area image.Rectangle, startLine, startCol,
 			}
 			cell := line.At(x)
 			if cell != nil {
-				line.Set(x, highlighter(x, y, cell))
+				highlighter(x, y, cell)
 			}
 		}
 	}