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Possible to have Acrylic effect remain on window focus loss? #3789

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opened 2026-01-30 23:30:09 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:30:09 +00:00
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Originally created by @Kaito0597 on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019).

I love the Acrylic effect in the new terminal. Really gives it a modern feel. But at the moment, whenever you focus on a different program, i.e click away from the terminal, it loses the Acrylic effect and goes to a solid color. I have two monitors so most of the time, I have my terminal visible on the second monitor while working in the first and most of the time the terminal is just a solid black color. Would it be possible to make it so that it keeps the Acrylic effect or is that a limitation of the UI toolkit?

Originally created by @Kaito0597 on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019). I love the Acrylic effect in the new terminal. Really gives it a modern feel. But at the moment, whenever you focus on a different program, i.e click away from the terminal, it loses the Acrylic effect and goes to a solid color. I have two monitors so most of the time, I have my terminal visible on the second monitor while working in the first and most of the time the terminal is just a solid black color. Would it be possible to make it so that it keeps the Acrylic effect or is that a limitation of the UI toolkit?
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019):

Thanks for the request! It is, unfortunately, platform policy. 😦
/dup #2326 #1886 #1747 #1546 #1505 #1099 #593

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019): Thanks for the request! It is, unfortunately, platform policy. 😦 /dup #2326 #1886 #1747 #1546 #1505 #1099 #593
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:30:10 +00:00
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@JCKodel commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2020):

Thanks for the request! It is, unfortunately, platform policy. 😦
/dup #2326 #1886 #1747 #1546 #1505 #1099 #593

User, who pay for the product "can I have this?"
Company, who need the user "no, we don't hear user's opinion".

Good thing there is a lot of software from companies who DO listen to its customers.

@JCKodel commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2020): > Thanks for the request! It is, unfortunately, platform policy. 😦 > /dup #2326 #1886 #1747 #1546 #1505 #1099 #593 User, who pay for the product "can I have this?" Company, who need the user "no, we don't hear user's opinion". Good thing there is a lot of software from companies who DO listen to its customers.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:30:10 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2020):

For the record, we do hear this request constantly, and have been working with the XAML team to get this restriction relaxed. Things like this just take time. The place to really make sure your request is heard is over at https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2020): For the record, we _do_ hear this request constantly, and have been working with the XAML team to get this restriction relaxed. Things like this just take time. The place to really make sure your request is heard is over at https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:30:11 +00:00
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@RikuXan commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2022):

I have been looking through all the issue duplicates, but haven't found this suggestion anywhere:
Would it be possible to set useAcrylic to false within unfocusedAppearance, so that an unfocused terminal window would still be transparent, just without the Acrylic effect?
As far as I understood it, the non-Acrylic transparency should still work, even for background windows (and trying it out by disabling Acrylic globally seems to confirm this), but at the moment there seems to be no way to combine the "best of both worlds".

@RikuXan commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2022): I have been looking through all the issue duplicates, but haven't found this suggestion anywhere: Would it be possible to set `useAcrylic` to `false` within `unfocusedAppearance`, so that an unfocused terminal window would still be transparent, just without the Acrylic effect? As far as I understood it, the non-Acrylic transparency should still work, even for background windows (and trying it out by disabling Acrylic globally seems to confirm this), but at the moment there seems to be no way to combine the "best of both worlds".
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