"theme": "dark" has no effect in 1.4.2652.0 #11318

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opened 2026-01-31 02:44:24 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
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Originally created by @savchenko on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.19041.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): v1.4.2652.0

Steps to reproduce

  1. Add "theme": "dark" to your settings.
  2. Ensure "App mode" is set to light "Light":
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  3. Launch Terminal

Expected behavior

Terminal has "dark" look, like this:
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Actual behavior

Terminal disregards theme property:
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Originally created by @savchenko on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020). # Environment ```none Windows build number: 10.0.19041.0 Windows Terminal version (if applicable): v1.4.2652.0 ``` # Steps to reproduce 1. Add `"theme": "dark"` to your settings. 2. Ensure "App mode" is set to light "Light": ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/300146/98670673-efa43400-234a-11eb-9591-17a73a65c1e1.png) 3. Launch Terminal # Expected behavior Terminal has "dark" look, like this: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/300146/98670748-106c8980-234b-11eb-8fba-33b8de8ad854.png) # Actual behavior Terminal disregards `theme` property: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/300146/98670808-2c702b00-234b-11eb-9d4c-1b3f21a2122c.png)
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

Did you restart the Terminal after changing theme to dark? I think that's one of the few properties that doesn't hot-reload

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): Did you restart the Terminal after changing `theme` to `dark`? I think that's one of the few properties that doesn't hot-reload
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@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

Did you restart the Terminal after changing theme to dark?

Yes.

@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): > Did you restart the Terminal after changing theme to dark? Yes.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

Well that's certainly weird. Could you share your entire settings.json file?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): Well that's certainly weird. Could you share your entire `settings.json` file?
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@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

@zadjii-msft , 442bdff131/roles/dotfiles/files/wt.json

@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): @zadjii-msft , https://github.com/stoptracking/playbook/blob/442bdff131ab5f9c07223cff4e48129f5d8d3023/roles/dotfiles/files/wt.json
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

Move theme up above line 4. It's what we consider an "application" setting -- it doesn't apply to a profile, so it doesn't go in the profiles section.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): Move `theme` up above line 4. It's what we consider an "application" setting -- it doesn't apply to a profile, so it doesn't go in the profiles section.
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@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2020):

Move theme up above line 4.

Works, thank you.

@savchenko commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2020): > Move theme up above line 4. Works, thank you.
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Reference: starred/terminal#11318