Opportunity to change current tab color programmatically. #19458

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opened 2026-01-31 06:43:57 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @rutexd on GitHub (Feb 25, 2023).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Windows-Terminal needs an api/way to allow change current tab color. This should allow more flexibe behaviour of a Terminal.
For example, this would make possible using any custom shell (like nushell) change color on any command or path, like red color tab on ssh or green color tab on specific project path.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

There basically two ideas.

  1. Modify wt.exe to allow wt.exe to change current tab state.
  2. Adding env variable like wt-color (or something) that contols current tab color, if desired behaviour of wt.exe isnt possible.
Originally created by @rutexd on GitHub (Feb 25, 2023). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Windows-Terminal needs an api/way to allow change current tab color. This should allow more flexibe behaviour of a Terminal. For example, this would make possible using any custom shell (like nushell) change color on any command or path, like red color tab on ssh or green color tab on specific project path. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) There basically two ideas. 1. Modify wt.exe to allow wt.exe to change current tab state. 2. Adding env variable like wt-color (or something) that contols current tab color, if desired behaviour of wt.exe isnt possible.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 06:43:57 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#19458