Appearance settings in a pane aren't updating on reload #12727

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opened 2026-01-31 03:23:15 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @cinnamon-msft on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021).

I had a background image in a profile and then tried to update it in the settings UI while the profile was open in a pane, and the image didn't update. Same thing happened when I tried to update my color scheme while the profile was open in a pane. (I had two panes open at the time.)

Looks like this also happens when you try to enable focusFollowMouse using the settings UI. The setting is just ignored.

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Windows build number: 10.0.21318.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.7.543.0

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

Open two panes and change the background image or color scheme in the settings UI.

Expected behavior

The pane updates its appearance to the new settings.

Actual behavior

The newly saved settings are being ignored and the pane looks the same.

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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021):

Repros on v1.6.10272.0 as well. Note, if you update the settings.json directly, this bug does not occur.
Does not repro on v1.5.3242.0 (using settings.json).

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021): Repros on v1.6.10272.0 as well. Note, if you update the settings.json directly, this bug does not occur. Does not repro on v1.5.3242.0 (using settings.json).
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021):

In 1.7, I could get it to reliably reproduce even with the JSON file.

In 1.6, I could not.

@PankajBhojwani - We're seeing an issue where settings are only applied to the first pane. I tried the following:

  1. Launch
  2. Split
  3. My background is #220033
    • image
  4. Update background to #225033
    • image
  5. Split
    • image
  6. Update background to #228033
    • image

Since you've been working in TerminalSettings propagation and pane stuff, would you mind taking a look?
This also, weirdly, impacts focus-follows-mouse. I guess we made it a TerminalSettings setting instead of leaving it in the app layer (😬)

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021): In 1.7, I could get it to reliably reproduce _even with the JSON file_. In 1.6, I could not. @PankajBhojwani - We're seeing an issue where settings are only applied to the *first* pane. I tried the following: 1. Launch 2. Split 3. My background is `#220033` * ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/109183166-83efa680-7742-11eb-9bd2-4fa16959852d.png) 4. Update background to `#225033` * ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/109183228-936eef80-7742-11eb-910f-85277d78b6cb.png) 5. Split * ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/109183276-9ec21b00-7742-11eb-8615-deefdcd4fcb4.png) 6. Update background to `#228033` * ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/189190/109183313-a97cb000-7742-11eb-83e8-0536169d2fd6.png) Since you've been working in TerminalSettings propagation and pane stuff, would you mind taking a look? This also, weirdly, impacts focus-follows-mouse. I guess we made it a `TerminalSettings` setting instead of leaving it in the app layer (😬)
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Reference: starred/terminal#12727