Add warning near option Retro terminal effects [ ] #23844

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opened 2026-01-31 08:54:08 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @Zeroes1 on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025).

Description of the new feature

A warning is needed in the settings interface near with option
Retro terminal effects [ ]

because ON mode this
has a destructive effect on the processing of keyboard and mouse events

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Originally created by @Zeroes1 on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025). ### Description of the new feature A warning is needed in the settings interface near with option Retro terminal effects [ ] because ON mode this has a destructive effect on the processing of keyboard and mouse events ### Proposed technical implementation details _No response_
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@Zeroes1 commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025):

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c36687ba-bea8-4c53-8dd3-c2b02c761934

my hardware is old, but WT work fine without Retro terminal effects [X]
OS: WIN10 10.0.19045.6575

@Zeroes1 commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025): https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c36687ba-bea8-4c53-8dd3-c2b02c761934 my hardware is old, but WT work fine without Retro terminal effects [X] OS: WIN10 10.0.19045.6575
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025):

because ON mode this has a destructive effect on the processing of keyboard and mouse events

Could you clarify/? Everything looks pretty much fine in the attached video. Maybe a little delayed, but I'd imagine that's just a by-product of old hardware more than anything.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2025): > because ON mode this has a destructive effect on the processing of keyboard and mouse events Could you clarify/? Everything looks pretty much fine in the attached video. Maybe a little delayed, but I'd imagine that's just a by-product of old hardware more than anything.
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@Zeroes1 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2025):

@zadjii-msft
The recorded video doesn't capture the problem well.
In reality, it's very bad with latency.

tested on terminal-1.25.3321.0

@Zeroes1 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2025): @zadjii-msft The recorded video doesn't capture the problem well. In reality, it's very bad with latency. tested on terminal-1.25.3321.0
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2025):

I do not think that we can produce a generic warning for this feature which will cover all permutations of user hardware. For some people it will perform fine, for others it will perform poorly. Such is the way of shaders.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2025): I do not think that we can produce a generic warning for this feature which will cover all permutations of user hardware. For some people it will perform fine, for others it will perform poorly. Such is the way of shaders.
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Reference: starred/terminal#23844