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opened 2026-01-31 04:50:42 +00:00 by claunia · 9 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:42 +00:00
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Originally created by @oshihirii on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021).

Originally assigned to: @zadjii-msft on GitHub.

Currently:

  • when I click OFF Windows Terminal Preview, it gets darker
  • when I click ON Windows Terminal Preview, it gets brighter

I like the darker color.

How can I prevent Windows Terminal Preview getting brighter when I click on it?

I use Git Bash for all my panes.

I have tried playing around with setting at:

Settings > Git Bash > Appearance > 'Unfocused Appearance'

But that doesn't seem to get me where I want to go.

I suppose because I want to control the 'Focussed' appearance, and not the 'Unfocussed' appearance.

Originally created by @oshihirii on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021). Originally assigned to: @zadjii-msft on GitHub. Currently: - when I click OFF Windows Terminal Preview, it gets darker - when I click ON Windows Terminal Preview, it gets brighter I like the darker color. How can I prevent Windows Terminal Preview getting brighter when I click on it? I use Git Bash for all my panes. I have tried playing around with setting at: Settings > Git Bash > Appearance > 'Unfocused Appearance' But that doesn't seem to get me where I want to go. I suppose because I want to control the 'Focussed' appearance, and not the 'Unfocussed' appearance.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:44 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2021):

Could you share your settings.json file?

It sounds like you've got acrylic enabled for your settings, so when you focus the Terminal, it goes from "acrylic disabled" -> "acrylic enabled", which is giving the appearance that the background is getting lighter.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2021): Could you share your [settings.json file](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions-(FAQ)#where-can-i-find-the-settings-file)? It sounds like you've got acrylic enabled for your settings, so when you focus the Terminal, it goes from "acrylic disabled" -> "acrylic enabled", which is giving the appearance that the background is getting lighter.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:50:44 +00:00
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@oshihirii commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):

i just checked and don't have:

  • Unfocussed Appearance properties defined for Git Bash or Default profiles
  • Acrylic enabled for Git Bash or Default profiles

Here is contents of state.json:

{
	"generatedProfiles" : 
	[
		"{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
		"{3ba66c68-babf-5432-84e4-b0550d2b2360}",
		"{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}"
	],
	"persistedWindowLayouts" : 
	[
		{
			"initialPosition" : "-1919,0",
			"initialSize" : 
			{
				"height" : 958.0,
				"width" : 1916.0
			},
			"tabLayout" : 
			[
				{
					"action" : "newTab",
					"commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l",
					"profile" : "Git Bash",
					"startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS",
					"suppressApplicationTitle" : false,
					"tabTitle" : "Git Bash"
				},
				{
					"action" : "splitPane",
					"commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l",
					"profile" : "Git Bash",
					"size" : 0.75000005960464478,
					"split" : "right",
					"splitMode" : "manual",
					"startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS",
					"suppressApplicationTitle" : false,
					"tabTitle" : "Git Bash"
				},
				{
					"action" : "splitPane",
					"commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l",
					"profile" : "Git Bash",
					"size" : 0.34999996423721313,
					"split" : "down",
					"splitMode" : "manual",
					"startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS",
					"suppressApplicationTitle" : false,
					"tabTitle" : "Git Bash"
				},
				{
					"action" : "focusPane",
					"id" : 1
				},
				{
					"action" : "openSettings",
					"target" : "settingsUI"
				}
			]
		}
	]
}

Here is contents of settings.json:

{
    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions": 
    [
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "command": "find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],
    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": false,
    "defaultProfile": "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}",
    "firstWindowPreference": "persistedWindowLayout",
    "profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "startingDirectory": "D:\\REPOS"
        },
        "list": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Windows PowerShell"
            },
            {
                "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\cmd.exe",
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Command Prompt"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{3ba66c68-babf-5432-84e4-b0550d2b2360}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio"
            },
            {
                "adjustIndistinguishableColors": false,
                "backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\My-Name\\Documents\\some_image.jpg",
                "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
                "colorScheme": "Tango Dark",
                "cursorShape": "vintage",
                "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": true,
                "font": 
                {
                    "size": 16
                },
                "guid": "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Git Bash",
                "opacity": 25,
                "padding": "15",
                "source": "Git",
                "startingDirectory": "D:\\REPOS"
            }
        ]
    },
    "schemes": 
    [
        {
            "background": "#0C0C0C",
            "black": "#0C0C0C",
            "blue": "#0037DA",
            "brightBlack": "#767676",
            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
            "brightRed": "#E74856",
            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
            "green": "#13A10E",
            "name": "Campbell",
            "purple": "#881798",
            "red": "#C50F1F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#CCCCCC",
            "yellow": "#C19C00"
        },
        {
            "background": "#012456",
            "black": "#0C0C0C",
            "blue": "#0037DA",
            "brightBlack": "#767676",
            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
            "brightRed": "#E74856",
            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
            "green": "#13A10E",
            "name": "Campbell Powershell",
            "purple": "#881798",
            "red": "#C50F1F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#CCCCCC",
            "yellow": "#C19C00"
        },
        {
            "background": "#282C34",
            "black": "#282C34",
            "blue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightBlack": "#5A6374",
            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightCyan": "#56B6C2",
            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
            "brightPurple": "#C678DD",
            "brightRed": "#E06C75",
            "brightWhite": "#DCDFE4",
            "brightYellow": "#E5C07B",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#56B6C2",
            "foreground": "#DCDFE4",
            "green": "#98C379",
            "name": "One Half Dark",
            "purple": "#C678DD",
            "red": "#E06C75",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#DCDFE4",
            "yellow": "#E5C07B"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FAFAFA",
            "black": "#383A42",
            "blue": "#0184BC",
            "brightBlack": "#4F525D",
            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
            "brightCyan": "#56B5C1",
            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
            "brightPurple": "#C577DD",
            "brightRed": "#DF6C75",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#E4C07A",
            "cursorColor": "#4F525D",
            "cyan": "#0997B3",
            "foreground": "#383A42",
            "green": "#50A14F",
            "name": "One Half Light",
            "purple": "#A626A4",
            "red": "#E45649",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#FAFAFA",
            "yellow": "#C18301"
        },
        {
            "background": "#002B36",
            "black": "#002B36",
            "blue": "#268BD2",
            "brightBlack": "#073642",
            "brightBlue": "#839496",
            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#2AA198",
            "foreground": "#839496",
            "green": "#859900",
            "name": "Solarized Dark",
            "purple": "#D33682",
            "red": "#DC322F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#EEE8D5",
            "yellow": "#B58900"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FDF6E3",
            "black": "#002B36",
            "blue": "#268BD2",
            "brightBlack": "#073642",
            "brightBlue": "#839496",
            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
            "cursorColor": "#002B36",
            "cyan": "#2AA198",
            "foreground": "#657B83",
            "green": "#859900",
            "name": "Solarized Light",
            "purple": "#D33682",
            "red": "#DC322F",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#EEE8D5",
            "yellow": "#B58900"
        },
        {
            "background": "#000000",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#3465A4",
            "brightBlack": "#555753",
            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#06989A",
            "foreground": "#D3D7CF",
            "green": "#4E9A06",
            "name": "Tango Dark",
            "purple": "#75507B",
            "red": "#CC0000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#D3D7CF",
            "yellow": "#C4A000"
        },
        {
            "background": "#FFFFFF",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#3465A4",
            "brightBlack": "#555753",
            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
            "cursorColor": "#000000",
            "cyan": "#06989A",
            "foreground": "#555753",
            "green": "#4E9A06",
            "name": "Tango Light",
            "purple": "#75507B",
            "red": "#CC0000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#D3D7CF",
            "yellow": "#C4A000"
        },
        {
            "background": "#000000",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#000080",
            "brightBlack": "#808080",
            "brightBlue": "#0000FF",
            "brightCyan": "#00FFFF",
            "brightGreen": "#00FF00",
            "brightPurple": "#FF00FF",
            "brightRed": "#FF0000",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#FFFF00",
            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
            "cyan": "#008080",
            "foreground": "#C0C0C0",
            "green": "#008000",
            "name": "Vintage",
            "purple": "#800080",
            "red": "#800000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#C0C0C0",
            "yellow": "#808000"
        }
    ]
}
@oshihirii commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021): i just checked and don't have: - `Unfocussed Appearance` properties defined for `Git Bash` or `Default` profiles - `Acrylic` enabled for `Git Bash` or `Default` profiles Here is contents of `state.json`: ```js { "generatedProfiles" : [ "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}", "{3ba66c68-babf-5432-84e4-b0550d2b2360}", "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}" ], "persistedWindowLayouts" : [ { "initialPosition" : "-1919,0", "initialSize" : { "height" : 958.0, "width" : 1916.0 }, "tabLayout" : [ { "action" : "newTab", "commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l", "profile" : "Git Bash", "startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS", "suppressApplicationTitle" : false, "tabTitle" : "Git Bash" }, { "action" : "splitPane", "commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l", "profile" : "Git Bash", "size" : 0.75000005960464478, "split" : "right", "splitMode" : "manual", "startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS", "suppressApplicationTitle" : false, "tabTitle" : "Git Bash" }, { "action" : "splitPane", "commandline" : "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l", "profile" : "Git Bash", "size" : 0.34999996423721313, "split" : "down", "splitMode" : "manual", "startingDirectory" : "D:\\REPOS", "suppressApplicationTitle" : false, "tabTitle" : "Git Bash" }, { "action" : "focusPane", "id" : 1 }, { "action" : "openSettings", "target" : "settingsUI" } ] } ] } ``` Here is contents of `settings.json`: ```js { "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation", "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema", "actions": [ { "command": { "action": "copy", "singleLine": false }, "keys": "ctrl+c" }, { "command": "paste", "keys": "ctrl+v" }, { "command": "find", "keys": "ctrl+shift+f" }, { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "auto", "splitMode": "duplicate" }, "keys": "alt+shift+d" } ], "copyFormatting": "none", "copyOnSelect": false, "defaultProfile": "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}", "firstWindowPreference": "persistedWindowLayout", "profiles": { "defaults": { "startingDirectory": "D:\\REPOS" }, "list": [ { "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe", "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}", "hidden": false, "name": "Windows PowerShell" }, { "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\cmd.exe", "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}", "hidden": false, "name": "Command Prompt" }, { "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}", "hidden": false, "name": "Azure Cloud Shell", "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure" }, { "guid": "{3ba66c68-babf-5432-84e4-b0550d2b2360}", "hidden": false, "name": "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017", "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio" }, { "adjustIndistinguishableColors": false, "backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\My-Name\\Documents\\some_image.jpg", "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5, "colorScheme": "Tango Dark", "cursorShape": "vintage", "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": true, "font": { "size": 16 }, "guid": "{2ece5bfe-50ed-5f3a-ab87-5cd4baafed2b}", "hidden": false, "name": "Git Bash", "opacity": 25, "padding": "15", "source": "Git", "startingDirectory": "D:\\REPOS" } ] }, "schemes": [ { "background": "#0C0C0C", "black": "#0C0C0C", "blue": "#0037DA", "brightBlack": "#767676", "brightBlue": "#3B78FF", "brightCyan": "#61D6D6", "brightGreen": "#16C60C", "brightPurple": "#B4009E", "brightRed": "#E74856", "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2", "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#3A96DD", "foreground": "#CCCCCC", "green": "#13A10E", "name": "Campbell", "purple": "#881798", "red": "#C50F1F", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#CCCCCC", "yellow": "#C19C00" }, { "background": "#012456", "black": "#0C0C0C", "blue": "#0037DA", "brightBlack": "#767676", "brightBlue": "#3B78FF", "brightCyan": "#61D6D6", "brightGreen": "#16C60C", "brightPurple": "#B4009E", "brightRed": "#E74856", "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2", "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#3A96DD", "foreground": "#CCCCCC", "green": "#13A10E", "name": "Campbell Powershell", "purple": "#881798", "red": "#C50F1F", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#CCCCCC", "yellow": "#C19C00" }, { "background": "#282C34", "black": "#282C34", "blue": "#61AFEF", "brightBlack": "#5A6374", "brightBlue": "#61AFEF", "brightCyan": "#56B6C2", "brightGreen": "#98C379", "brightPurple": "#C678DD", "brightRed": "#E06C75", "brightWhite": "#DCDFE4", "brightYellow": "#E5C07B", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#56B6C2", "foreground": "#DCDFE4", "green": "#98C379", "name": "One Half Dark", "purple": "#C678DD", "red": "#E06C75", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#DCDFE4", "yellow": "#E5C07B" }, { "background": "#FAFAFA", "black": "#383A42", "blue": "#0184BC", "brightBlack": "#4F525D", "brightBlue": "#61AFEF", "brightCyan": "#56B5C1", "brightGreen": "#98C379", "brightPurple": "#C577DD", "brightRed": "#DF6C75", "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF", "brightYellow": "#E4C07A", "cursorColor": "#4F525D", "cyan": "#0997B3", "foreground": "#383A42", "green": "#50A14F", "name": "One Half Light", "purple": "#A626A4", "red": "#E45649", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#FAFAFA", "yellow": "#C18301" }, { "background": "#002B36", "black": "#002B36", "blue": "#268BD2", "brightBlack": "#073642", "brightBlue": "#839496", "brightCyan": "#93A1A1", "brightGreen": "#586E75", "brightPurple": "#6C71C4", "brightRed": "#CB4B16", "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3", "brightYellow": "#657B83", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#2AA198", "foreground": "#839496", "green": "#859900", "name": "Solarized Dark", "purple": "#D33682", "red": "#DC322F", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#EEE8D5", "yellow": "#B58900" }, { "background": "#FDF6E3", "black": "#002B36", "blue": "#268BD2", "brightBlack": "#073642", "brightBlue": "#839496", "brightCyan": "#93A1A1", "brightGreen": "#586E75", "brightPurple": "#6C71C4", "brightRed": "#CB4B16", "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3", "brightYellow": "#657B83", "cursorColor": "#002B36", "cyan": "#2AA198", "foreground": "#657B83", "green": "#859900", "name": "Solarized Light", "purple": "#D33682", "red": "#DC322F", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#EEE8D5", "yellow": "#B58900" }, { "background": "#000000", "black": "#000000", "blue": "#3465A4", "brightBlack": "#555753", "brightBlue": "#729FCF", "brightCyan": "#34E2E2", "brightGreen": "#8AE234", "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8", "brightRed": "#EF2929", "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC", "brightYellow": "#FCE94F", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#06989A", "foreground": "#D3D7CF", "green": "#4E9A06", "name": "Tango Dark", "purple": "#75507B", "red": "#CC0000", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#D3D7CF", "yellow": "#C4A000" }, { "background": "#FFFFFF", "black": "#000000", "blue": "#3465A4", "brightBlack": "#555753", "brightBlue": "#729FCF", "brightCyan": "#34E2E2", "brightGreen": "#8AE234", "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8", "brightRed": "#EF2929", "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC", "brightYellow": "#FCE94F", "cursorColor": "#000000", "cyan": "#06989A", "foreground": "#555753", "green": "#4E9A06", "name": "Tango Light", "purple": "#75507B", "red": "#CC0000", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#D3D7CF", "yellow": "#C4A000" }, { "background": "#000000", "black": "#000000", "blue": "#000080", "brightBlack": "#808080", "brightBlue": "#0000FF", "brightCyan": "#00FFFF", "brightGreen": "#00FF00", "brightPurple": "#FF00FF", "brightRed": "#FF0000", "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF", "brightYellow": "#FFFF00", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#008080", "foreground": "#C0C0C0", "green": "#008000", "name": "Vintage", "purple": "#800080", "red": "#800000", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#C0C0C0", "yellow": "#808000" } ] } ```
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):

Oh you know, I bet I know what's going on here. Are you on Windows 10, and running Terminal Preview, 1.12?

Unblurred opacity only works on windows 11, but if you set opacity to any profile, we just turn on acrylic on your behalf (to try and support some sort of opacity on windows 10)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021): Oh you know, I bet I know what's going on here. Are you on Windows 10, and running Terminal Preview, 1.12? Unblurred opacity only works on windows 11, but if you set `opacity` to any profile, we just turn on acrylic on your behalf (to try and support some sort of opacity on windows 10)
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021):

I have half another fear - I think we automatically had acrylicOpacity defaulted to .5 before, but it did nothing for users who didn't enable useAcrylic. But now that actually will do something, because it'll get read as oapcity=.5 which we'll then use to fall back to acrylic.

We may want to take out the "fall back to acrylic on Windows 10" logic.

Even more scary - when we do fix the issues with unblurred transparency on Windows 10, there's a chance that the transparency might be on for users with fresh settings. I'm not sure about this last part, haven't really looked too carefully. But we might want to make sure that the userDefaults, when round-tripped, don't accidentally enable transparency for folks.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2021): I have half another fear - I think we automatically had `acrylicOpacity` defaulted to .5 before, but it did nothing for users who didn't enable `useAcrylic`. But now that actually _will_ do something, because it'll get read as `oapcity=.5` which we'll then use to fall back to acrylic. We may want to take out the "fall back to acrylic on Windows 10" logic. Even more scary - when we do fix the issues with unblurred transparency on Windows 10, there's a chance that the transparency might be on for users with fresh settings. I'm not sure about this last part, haven't really looked too carefully. But we might want to make **sure** that the userDefaults, when round-tripped, don't accidentally enable transparency for folks.
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@oshihirii commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2021):

Yes, confirming:

Windows 10
Windows Terminal Preview Version: 1.12.2931.0

I currently have:

  • Background Image Opacity at 50%
  • Transparency (with subtitle 'Background opacity') at 25%

(I am not quite sure of the difference between "background image opacity" and "transparency (background opacity)")

For reference, I am looking at these:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-appearance#background-image-opacity

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-appearance#transparency

@oshihirii commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2021): Yes, confirming: Windows 10 Windows Terminal Preview Version: 1.12.2931.0 I currently have: - Background Image Opacity at 50% - Transparency (with subtitle 'Background opacity') at 25% (I am not quite sure of the difference between "background image opacity" and "transparency (background opacity)") For reference, I am looking at these: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-appearance#background-image-opacity https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/profile-appearance#transparency
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2021):

EVEN MORE SCARY

I booted up a Windows 10 VM with the 1.13.3211 build and weirdly enough it didn't fall back to acrylic, but it did use 50% opacity. So we've got an issue here.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2021): EVEN MORE SCARY I booted up a Windows 10 VM with the `1.13.3211` build and weirdly enough it didn't fall back to acrylic, but it did use 50% opacity. So we've got an issue here.
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@zadjii commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2022):

gh-11743-1 13-is-weird-004

This might have just been fixed by accident in 1.13. That being said, we should probably figure out why, to make sure it's fixed for 1.12 stable

@zadjii commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2022): ![gh-11743-1 13-is-weird-004](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/534075/151058406-90601297-718a-4085-bd35-c61459ef76bd.gif) This might have just been fixed by accident in 1.13. That being said, we should probably figure out why, to make sure it's fixed for 1.12 stable
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2022):

Or, is it working by design on 1.12 and not on 1.13?

On Windows 10, if you've got an opacity set, then we need to use acrylic to enable the opacity. So that would actually imply the "brighten when focused" is expected. The Terminal would gain focus and enable the acrylic layer, causing the apparent change in lightness.

Man this would be way easier if we knew when the transparency fix was coming to Windows 10, so we could stop playing these silly games....

That's definitely it, or at least something. On Windows 10, we're not falling back to acrylic when opacity is below 100%. I'd bet on #12092 or more likely #11619

Lawd this code has never not been a disaster.

TermControl::_changeBackgroundOpacity is the handler for the TransparencyChanged event. In #11619, that was changed, so it no longer reinitializes the brushes. It just uses the one you already have. So....

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2022): Or, is it working by design on 1.12 and not on 1.13? On Windows 10, if you've got an opacity set, then we need to use acrylic to enable the opacity. So that would actually imply the "brighten when focused" is expected. The Terminal would gain focus and enable the acrylic layer, causing the apparent change in lightness. Man this would be way easier if we knew when the transparency fix was coming to Windows 10, so we could stop playing these silly games.... <hr> That's definitely it, or at least something. On Windows 10, we're not falling back to acrylic when opacity is below 100%. I'd bet on #12092 or more likely #11619 <hr> Lawd this code has never not been a disaster. `TermControl::_changeBackgroundOpacity` is the handler for the `TransparencyChanged` event. In #11619, that was changed, so it no longer reinitializes the brushes. It just uses the one you already have. So....
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2022):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #12255, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v1.13.10336.0.🎉

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 3, 2022): :tada:This issue was addressed in #12255, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v1.13.10336.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.13.10336.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
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