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User should be able to select a different color for the background at runtime (via the tab context menu?) #14810

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opened 2026-01-31 04:20:03 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:20:03 +00:00
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Originally created by @D-Moonesinghe on GitHub (Aug 7, 2021).

Right clicking on the tab windows to change color only changes color for the tab itself.

Not the tab window background as claimed in your documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tips-and-tricks#color-a-tab

Originally created by @D-Moonesinghe on GitHub (Aug 7, 2021). ### Right clicking on the tab windows to change color only changes color for the tab itself. Not the tab window background as claimed in your documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tips-and-tricks#color-a-tab
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:20:04 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2021):

The documentation doesn't claim that it'll set the background color of the window. It specifically says:

You can right click on a tab and select Color... to color the tab for that terminal session. You can select from a predefined list of colors or you can click Custom... to pick any color using the color picker or the RGB/HSV or hex fields.

(emphasis added). It literally just means changing the color of the tab itself, not the Terminal 😅

That being said, it's a kinda neat idea to be able to recolor the background of the window, so I'm gonna tag this up as a feature request. We could always add another entry for "background color" or something. Thanks!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2021): The documentation doesn't claim that it'll set the background color of the window. It specifically says: > You can right click on a tab and select Color... to color the **tab** for that terminal session. You can select from a predefined list of colors or you can click Custom... to pick any color using the color picker or the RGB/HSV or hex fields. (emphasis added). It literally just means changing the color of the tab itself, not the Terminal 😅 That being said, it's a kinda neat idea to be able to recolor the _background_ of the window, so I'm gonna tag this up as a feature request. We could always add another entry for "background color" or something. Thanks!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:20:04 +00:00
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@D-Moonesinghe commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2021):

Thanks Mike. That would be great!
PS: Actually a few hours after opening that issue, I figured out how to
do it by changing the settings file. But then two days later all those
changes are gone!

@D-Moonesinghe commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2021): Thanks Mike. That would be great! PS: Actually a few hours after opening that issue, I figured out how to do it by changing the settings file. But then two days later all those changes are gone!
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