New "Terminal" properties page should allow fg and bg color for cursor #1794

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opened 2026-01-30 22:36:35 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub (Jun 20, 2019).

In the new Terminal properties page, you can set your "Cursor shape and color"... Cool! But right now you can only set the cursor fg color, and you can not set bg color. For example, I'm trying to set up the "terminal" to look like an old "green screen" terminal. To do so I set console bg color to black and fg color to green. I also set my cursor shape to "box", but when I move the cursor over a char I would like it to 'swap' the bg and fg colors so that the cursor text is green bg and black fg (not "inverse" them because that would make cursor bg White and cursor text dim Magenta)

Originally created by @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub (Jun 20, 2019). In the new Terminal properties page, you can set your "Cursor shape and color"... Cool! But right now you can only set the cursor fg color, and you can not set bg color. For example, I'm trying to set up the "terminal" to look like an old "green screen" terminal. To do so I set console bg color to black and fg color to green. I also set my cursor shape to "box", but when I move the cursor over a char I would like it to 'swap' the bg and fg colors so that the cursor text is green bg and black fg (not "inverse" them because that would make cursor bg White and cursor text dim Magenta)
claunia added the Product-ConhostArea-SettingsIssue-TaskNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-30 22:36:36 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2022):

Eh. I think there are better ways to handle this than updating legacy UI.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2022): Eh. I think there are better ways to handle this than updating legacy UI.
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Reference: starred/terminal#1794