Fix Monaco Editor text selection visibility in High Contrast Mode

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Summary of the Pull Request

Monaco Editor text selection was invisible in High Contrast Mode across Peek, Registry Preview, and File Explorer Preview Pane. Monaco provides built-in HC themes (hc-black, hc-light) but PowerToys only passed standard themes (vs, vs-dark). Fixed by detecting HC mode and using appropriate theme names.

PR Checklist

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• Tests: Added/updated and all pass
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• Documentation updated: If checked, please file a pull request on our docs repo and link it here: #xxx

Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

Core Change: Added ThemeManager.GetMonacoTheme() returning Monaco theme names based on HC state:

public static string GetMonacoTheme()
{
    if (ControlzEx.Theming.WindowsThemeHelper.IsHighContrastEnabled())
    {
        string baseColor = ControlzEx.Theming.WindowsThemeHelper.GetWindowsBaseColor();
        return baseColor.Equals("Dark", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? "hc-black" : "hc-light";
    }
    return baseColor.Equals("Dark", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? "vs-dark" : "vs";
}

Implementation across components:

• Monaco Preview Handler & Peek: Call GetMonacoTheme() instead of GetWindowsBaseColor()
• Registry Preview: Uses WinUI3 UISettings.HighContrast with luminance calculation to determine dark vs light HC theme
• Monaco HTML: Pass full theme name; only apply custom token rules to non-HC themes to preserve Monaco's WCAG-compliant HC styling

Theme mapping:

Mode	Theme
Normal Light/Dark	vs / vs-dark
HC Light/Dark	hc-light / hc-black

Validation Steps Performed

1. Enable High Contrast theme (Settings → Accessibility → Contrast themes)
2. Open code file in File Explorer Preview Pane, Peek (Win+Shift+Space), and Registry Preview
3. Select text in Monaco Editor
4. Verify selection visible with proper contrast colors

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[Peek, Registry Preview, File Explorer Addons] Monaco Editor: Text selection not visible in High Contrast Mode</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Microsoft PowerToys version

0.88.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

File Explorer: Preview Pane, Peek, Registry Preview

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable High Contrast theme.
2. Open for example Peek with a text file.
3. Select text.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Selection is visible and uses the correct color.

❌ Actual Behavior

With High Contrast theme enabled the background color and text color for selected text in Monaco Editor control does not change. The selection is transparent/not visible.

Other Software

No response</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Implement a proper fix for this issue. Do NOT create placeholder stub files. Create actual working code that addresses the issue described. Follow PowerToys coding guidelines and conventions.</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [Peek, Registry Preview, File Explorer Addons] Monaco Editor: Text selection not visible in High Contrast Mode #37800

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