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Feature request: option to remove profile icon completely #22303

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opened 2026-01-31 08:09:21 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:21 +00:00
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Originally created by @pwthutch on GitHub (Sep 21, 2024).

Originally assigned to: @carlos-zamora on GitHub.

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Provide an option in settings.json to remove the icon for a profile completely, and reclaim the space in the tab bar to display (more of) the profile's name/tab title.

Use case: I routinely work with a large number of open tabs, in which case the profile icon takes up between 1/3 to 1/2 of the available tab width, meaning only the first 3-4 characters of the window title are shown. This is insufficient for me to quickly identify and switch between open tabs.

While I do appreciate the cute row of Tux-en at top of my screen :) (most of my tabs are ssh sessions to remote Linux machines), I'd rather have the real-estate used more productively.

Tried the following to achieve this in 1.21, without success:

  • Setting "icon": "" in the profile definition -> causes WT to throw an error about invalid icon path
  • Setting "icon": null in the profile definition -> does nothing; the inbuilt default icon for the profile will still be used
  • Setting the icon path to a 1x1 pixel transparent .png (thought I was being clever here) -> does achieve "blanking out" the profile icon (the default icon will no longer be shown), but does not move the profile title any further to the left in the tab.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

  • Allow some variant of "icon": "none", "icon": "" or similar to be set in the profile definition
  • When configured, the icon should be removed from the tab completely, and the tab title shifted as far left as possible.
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:23 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2024):

Huh. 4ff38c260f should have introduced support for "icon": "none".

We've marked this up as a bug. Thanks!

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2024): _Huh._ 4ff38c260f02388385ce6b424ef84a26db9f39aa should have introduced support for `"icon": "none"`. We've marked this up as a bug. Thanks!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:23 +00:00
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@LouizaMak commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024):

@carlos-zamora I would be interested in working on this!

@LouizaMak commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024): @carlos-zamora I would be interested in working on this!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:09:23 +00:00
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024):

I would be interested in working on this!

Thanks for you interest @LouizaMak! I'm already working in this space though with #17965 (and I plan on fixing it as a part of that PR). I suggest working on a different issue. Issues tagged as "Help-Wanted" (see this query) would be a good place to start 😊

Also, we're happy to take PRs, so no need to comment on the issue you're interested in. Just get coding and open a PR on our repo. Excited to see it come in!

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024): > I would be interested in working on this! Thanks for you interest @LouizaMak! I'm already working in this space though with #17965 (and I plan on fixing it as a part of that PR). I suggest working on a different issue. Issues tagged as "Help-Wanted" (see [this query](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Help%20Wanted%22)) would be a good place to start 😊 Also, we're happy to take PRs, so no need to comment on the issue you're interested in. Just get coding and open a PR on our repo. Excited to see it come in!
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