[PR #13743] Update the default themes for 1.16 #29741

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opened 2026-01-31 09:36:38 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Original Pull Request: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/13743

State: closed
Merged: Yes


More or less, as in #13554

  • Dark theme by default (was system)
    • Justification:

      I think the interesting thing that we have today is that the color
      scheme is dark by default, but our window theme is set to system.
      System theme in Windows 11 is defaulted to light unless changed by
      the user. Now, we have a conflict between the theme and color scheme
      in Terminal.

      I think our options become, make the color scheme match "default"
      and set it to a light color scheme if the system theme is light, or
      manually match the theme to the color scheme by setting it to dark.

      Given that Terminal has historically had a black background with
      its Campbell color scheme, for a consistent UI experience, I'm
      voting to change the window theme to be dark by default as well.

  • tab.background: terminalBackground
  • Change the tab row colors back to "what they were pre-Controlsv2" more
    or less
    • The ramp is based off of "Light tab row background from Edge's
      unfocused titlebar color, inactive tab row color BG from the
      controlsv1 colors"
  • tabRow.unfocusedBackground set Transparent

Closes #13554

**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/13743 **State:** closed **Merged:** Yes --- More or less, as in #13554 * Dark theme by default (was `system`) * Justification: > I think the interesting thing that we have today is that the color > scheme is dark by default, but our window theme is set to system. > System theme in Windows 11 is defaulted to light unless changed by > the user. Now, we have a conflict between the theme and color scheme > in Terminal. > > I think our options become, make the color scheme match "default" > and set it to a light color scheme if the system theme is light, or > manually match the theme to the color scheme by setting it to dark. > > Given that Terminal has historically had a black background with > its Campbell color scheme, for a consistent UI experience, I'm > voting to change the window theme to be dark by default as well. * `tab.background: terminalBackground` * Change the tab row colors back to "what they were pre-Controlsv2" more or less - The ramp is based off of "Light tab row background from Edge's unfocused titlebar color, inactive tab row color BG from the controlsv1 colors" * `tabRow.unfocusedBackground` set `Transparent` Closes #13554
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Reference: starred/terminal#29741