Description

When opening the theme picker (<leader>th) on nvdash and closing it (with q, ESC, or selecting a theme), a rectangular visual artifact remains on the screen where the picker window was displayed.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 (WSL2 - Ubuntu 24.04)
• Terminal: WezTerm 20250203-143026-c86b5419 (or latest version)
• NvChad version: Latest (starter template, clean install as of 2026-02-04)
• Neovim version: 0.10.x (installed via Homebrew)
• Theme: gruvchad

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Neovim (nvdash loads automatically with load_on_startup = true)
2. Press <Space>th to open theme picker
3. Close the picker by:
   • Pressing q, OR
   • Pressing ESC (once or twice), OR
   • Selecting any theme
4. Observe the rectangular artifact remaining on nvdash

Expected Behavior

The theme picker window should close cleanly without leaving any visual artifacts on the screen.

Actual Behavior

A gray/dark rectangular box remains visible on the nvdash screen at the position where the theme picker was displayed.

Screenshots

![Theme Picker Open]

Theme picker open and working normally

![Visual Artifact After Closing](

)
Rectangular artifact visible after closing the picker

Workarounds Attempted

Workarounds Attempted

1. ❌ :redraw! or Ctrl+L: Does NOT clear the artifact
2. ❌ <Space>cl custom keybind with vim.cmd("mode") + vim.cmd("redraw!"): Does NOT work
3. ⚠️ Autocmd approach (does NOT solve the issue):

   vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("WinClosed", {
     pattern = "*",
     callback = function()
       vim.defer_fn(function()
         vim.cmd("redraw!")
       end, 50)
     end,
   })
   
   

4. ⚠️ BufLeave autocmd (does NOT solve the issue):

   vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufLeave", {
     pattern = "*",
     callback = function()
       if vim.bo.buftype == "nofile" then
         vim.defer_fn(function()
           vim.cmd("mode")
         end, 50)
       end
     end,
   })
   
   

5. ✅ Only workaround: Opening a file or switching tabs clears the artifact (closing nvdash)

Configuration

chadrc.lua:

---@type ChadrcConfig
local M = {}

M.base46 = {
  theme = "gruvchad",
}

M.nvdash = { load_on_startup = true }

M.ui = {
  tabufline = {
    lazyload = false,
  },
  transparency = false,
}

vim.opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus"

return M

WezTerm config (.wezterm.lua):

 config.front_end = 'WebGpu'
 config.max_fps = 60
 config.window_background_opacity = 0.98

This issue appears to be specific to the WSL2 + WezTerm environment
The artifact is purely visual and doesn't affect functionality
The artifact persists even after multiple redraw attempts
Only way to clear it is to leave nvdash (open a file, switch tabs, etc.)

The floating window created by the theme picker may not be properly cleaning up its buffer or triggering nvdash to re-render when closed in WSL2 terminal environments. Standard redraw commands don't affect it, suggesting the underlying buffer state is not being updated.

Request
Is there a proper way to force nvdash to fully re-render its buffer after closing floating windows, or should the theme picker plugin handle cleanup differently for WSL environments?

Thank you!