Feature Request: Setting to hide/remove close (&#34;x&#34;) button from tabs #4659

@austin-beer commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2021):

I would love to see this feature implemented as well. Hopefully some progress can be made on this as part of #3327.

@austin-beer commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2021): I would love to see this feature implemented as well. Hopefully some progress can be made on this as part of #3327.

claunia commented

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2021):

I accidentally clicked X on a tab when trying to switch to it, and it killed off an ng build --watch process that took me 5 minutes to load. There goes another 5 minutes!

Please, we need this, and we also need confirmation prompts for closing. It's not the same as accidentally closing a browser tab, for which you could click "Reopen closed tab" and just reload the page. The data loss implications are much greater here - you're killing off running foreground processes.

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2021): I accidentally clicked X on a tab when trying to switch to it, and it killed off an `ng build --watch` process that took me 5 minutes to load. _There goes another 5 minutes!_ Please, we need this, and we also need confirmation prompts for closing. It's not the same as accidentally closing a browser tab, for which you could click "Reopen closed tab" and just reload the page. The data loss implications are much greater here - **you're killing off running foreground processes.**

claunia commented

@lapo-luchini commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2021):

Myself, I'd also like an option to only show "×" on hover (mainly to better use horizontal space when I have a lot of tabs)… which in parts is aligned with this issue (more customizability of UI) in part is exactly opposed (I guess it would make easier to close by mistake).
(But I'd like a completely missing "×" close button as well.)

@lapo-luchini commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2021): Myself, I'd also like an option to only show "×" on hover (mainly to better use horizontal space when I have a lot of tabs)… which in parts is aligned with this issue (more customizability of UI) in part is exactly opposed (I guess it would make easier to close by mistake). (But I'd like a completely missing "×" close button as well.)

claunia commented

@zohozer commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2022):

Please add an option to remove this damn ("X") useless thing from the tabs that creates more problems than resolves. It is just enough and more intuitive to close a tab using the Middle Mouse Button and Ctrl+w shortcut without the fear to accidentally close an active process by pressing the "x" button.

@zohozer commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2022): Please add an option to remove this damn ("X") useless thing from the tabs that creates more problems than resolves. It is just enough and more intuitive to close a tab using the Middle Mouse Button and Ctrl+w shortcut without the fear to accidentally close an active process by pressing the "x" button.

claunia commented

@regnaio commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022):

Is this going to be implemented?

@regnaio commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022): Is this going to be implemented?

claunia commented

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022):

Probably at some point, sure. We've got the foundation for theming in PR over in #12992. Once that lands, I don't suspect it would be that hard to add a

"tab.showCloseButton": "always"|"hover"|"never"

setting to a theme. hover might be hard to implement, but I'd bet that never wouldn't be that hard.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022): Probably at some point, sure. We've got the foundation for theming in PR over in #12992. Once that lands, I don't suspect it would be that hard to add a ``` "tab.showCloseButton": "always"|"hover"|"never" ``` setting to a theme. `hover` might be hard to implement, but I'd bet that `never` wouldn't be that hard.

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@CraigDawson commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022):

I do this all the time too. Has it been implemented or is there a work-around?

@CraigDawson commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022): I do this all the time too. Has it been implemented or is there a work-around?

claunia commented

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022):

Has it been implemented

The issue is still open, so nope, it hasn't been implemented.

I'm not sure exactly how easy this would be to build on top of #12992 & #13178. always is obviously easy, and hover easily maps to TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode.OnPointerOver. But never, that doesn't seem like an option. IsClosable might hide the close button, but that might also disable middle-click closing. We might be able to change the TabViewItem template, but that's quickly getting off the rails here. I don't think there's an open request on WinUI to add another value to that enum at the moment, either.

Other notes:

diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp
index 47cfa70d7..51004e401 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         });

         auto tabViewItem = newTabImpl->TabViewItem();
+^M
+        // tabViewItem.IsClosable(false);^M
         _tabView.TabItems().Append(tabViewItem);
+        _tabView.CloseButtonOverlayMode(MUX::Controls::TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode::OnPointerOver);^M

         // Set this tab's icon to the icon from the user's profile
         if (const auto profile{ newTabImpl->GetFocusedProfile() })

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022): > Has it been implemented The issue is still open, so nope, it hasn't been implemented. I'm not sure exactly how easy this would be to build on top of #12992 & #13178. `always` is obviously easy, and `hover` easily maps to [`TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode.OnPointerOver`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/winui/api/microsoft.ui.xaml.controls.tabviewclosebuttonoverlaymode?view=winui-2.7&viewFallbackFrom=winui-2.2). But `never`, that doesn't seem like an option. [`IsClosable`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/winui/api/microsoft.ui.xaml.controls.tabviewitem.isclosable?view=winui-2.2#microsoft-ui-xaml-controls-tabviewitem-isclosable) might hide the close button, but that might also disable middle-click closing. We might be able to change the `TabViewItem` template, but that's quickly getting off the rails here. I don't think there's an open request on WinUI to add another value to that enum at the moment, either. Other notes: ```diff diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp index 47cfa70d7..51004e401 100644 --- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp +++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TabManagement.cpp @@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation }); auto tabViewItem = newTabImpl->TabViewItem(); +^M + // tabViewItem.IsClosable(false);^M _tabView.TabItems().Append(tabViewItem); + _tabView.CloseButtonOverlayMode(MUX::Controls::TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode::OnPointerOver);^M // Set this tab's icon to the icon from the user's profile if (const auto profile{ newTabImpl->GetFocusedProfile() }) ```

claunia commented

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2022):

Just give us a confirmation dialog, and we'd be mildly happier. 😄

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2022): Just give us a confirmation dialog, and we'd be mildly happier. 😄

claunia commented

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2022):

@ADTC That's tracked in #2976, #6549

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2022): @ADTC That's tracked in #2976, #6549

claunia commented

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2022):

...
+^M
+        // tabViewItem.IsClosable(false);^M
         _tabView.TabItems().Append(tabViewItem);
+        _tabView.CloseButtonOverlayMode(MUX::Controls::TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode::OnPointerOver);^M
...

Seeing ^M there is bad news. You may want to ensure correct line endings in the file. LF is universally preferred, but seeing ^M could mean you have Windows line endings (CRLF) or Macintosh line endings (CR).

Git has an option to convert other line endings to Linux line endings upon committing, so even if a file is dirty in your local system, it will be clean in the commit. I suggest enabling it: git config --global core.autocrlf input (Reference)

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2022): > ```diff > ... > +^M > + // tabViewItem.IsClosable(false);^M > _tabView.TabItems().Append(tabViewItem); > + _tabView.CloseButtonOverlayMode(MUX::Controls::TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode::OnPointerOver);^M > ... > ``` Seeing `^M` there is bad news. You may want to ensure correct line endings in the file. `LF` is universally preferred, but seeing `^M` could mean you have Windows line endings (`CRLF`) or Macintosh line endings (`CR`). Git has an option to convert other line endings to Linux line endings upon committing, so even if a file is dirty in your local system, it will be clean in the commit. I suggest enabling it: `git config --global core.autocrlf input` ([Reference](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Configuration#_core_autocrlf))

claunia commented

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2022):

Eh, git does that every time it prepares a diff to render to the screen regardless of the core.autocrlf setting. I'm guessing Mike grabbed that from his scrollback, not from a patch file.

Some of this code flows back into Windows, so we prefer CRLF against git's best wishes. Yeah, it's awful.

Anyway, thanks for looking out for us! 😄

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2022): Eh, git does that every time it prepares a diff to render to the screen regardless of the `core.autocrlf` setting. I'm guessing Mike grabbed that from his scrollback, not from a patch file. Some of this code flows back into Windows, so we prefer CRLF against git's best wishes. Yeah, it's awful. Anyway, thanks for looking out for us! 😄

claunia commented

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 20, 2022):

Dustin's got it totally right, I was just quick using GH as a scratch pad there.

95790a5cce I think has the WIP. That should be able to get turned into a PR with minimal massaging

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 20, 2022): Dustin's got it totally right, I was just quick using GH as a scratch pad there. 95790a5cce85c776246a8eb19070f40d09d24bba I think has the WIP. That should be able to get turned into a PR with minimal massaging

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

"never": The close button is never visible. You can't close the tab with middle-click, but you can still use keyboard shortcuts to close the tab.

why is this? I expect to be able to middle click anywhere to close tab even if the close button is not visible

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): >* `"never"`: The close button is never visible. You can't close the tab with middle-click, but you can still use keyboard shortcuts to close the tab. why is this? I expect to be able to middle click anywhere to close tab even if the close button is not visible

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@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

Will "never" still allow right-clicking and choosing close from the menu?

Can you have one more option, to have "active tab only"? Only the active tab shows the close button. If I need to close another tab with the close button I'd have to activate it first.

Honestly I don't see the point of "hover" since it doesn't solve the problem of accidentally clicking the close button, but now it makes it easier to do so, as close button would only appear when I hover but by then it's too late to realize there is one, just invisible.

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): Will "never" still allow right-clicking and choosing close from the menu? Can you have one more option, to have "active tab only"? Only the active tab shows the close button. If I need to close another tab with the close button I'd have to activate it first. Honestly I don't see the point of "hover" since it doesn't solve the problem of accidentally clicking the close button, but now it makes it easier to do so, as close button would only appear when I hover but by then it's too late to realize there is one, just invisible.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

why is this? I expect to be able to middle click anywhere to close tab

Alas, here we're limited by what the WinUI TabView gets us. IsClosable hides the X, but also disables middle click closing. There's no other easy way of changing that, short of wholesale forking the control.

Will "never" still allow right-clicking and choosing close from the menu?

Yep! Anything that we're providing on top of TabVeiw will still work, so renaming, the context menu, the keyboard shortcuts.

Can you have one more option, to have "active tab only"? Only the active tab shows the close button. If I need to close another tab with the close button I'd have to activate it first.

It's definitely no stretch of the imagination to add activeOnly to the enum values. That seems like a straightforward representation of what you want here. The trick is we're again limited by what TabView provides for us. We'd need another value added to TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode in WinUI itself, and then we could leverage that.

If we can get some changes to TabView itself to support these things, I'd be more than happy to ingest them ☺️

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): > why is this? I expect to be able to middle click anywhere to close tab Alas, here we're limited by what the WinUI TabView gets us. `IsClosable` hides the <kbd>X</kbd>, but also disables middle click closing. There's no other easy way of changing that, short of wholesale forking the control. > Will "never" still allow right-clicking and choosing close from the menu? Yep! Anything that we're providing on top of TabVeiw will still work, so renaming, the context menu, the keyboard shortcuts. > Can you have one more option, to have "active tab only"? Only the active tab shows the close button. If I need to close another tab with the close button I'd have to activate it first. It's definitely no stretch of the imagination to add `activeOnly` to the enum values. That seems like a straightforward representation of what you want here. The trick is we're again limited by what TabView provides for us. We'd need another value added to [`TabViewCloseButtonOverlayMode`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/winui/api/microsoft.ui.xaml.controls.tabviewclosebuttonoverlaymode?view=winui-2.7&viewFallbackFrom=winui-2.2) in WinUI itself, and then we could leverage that. If we can get some changes to TabView itself to support these things, I'd be more than happy to ingest them ☺️

claunia commented

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

@zadjii-msft thanks for your reply. I'm not clear on the last part. Surely it's trivial to add another enum but what I want to know if it's even possible on the current version of TabView to actualize what that enum would represent?

Is it possible to enable IsClosable on the active tab only, and disable it for all other tabs?

Anyway who controls the code for TabView? Is it here, or another project? Is there a GH repo for it where we can take our complaints to? 😄

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): @zadjii-msft thanks for your reply. I'm not clear on the last part. Surely it's trivial to add another enum but what I want to know if it's even possible on the current version of `TabView` to actualize what that enum would represent? Is it possible to enable `IsClosable` on the active tab only, and disable it for all other tabs? Anyway who controls the code for `TabView`? Is it here, or another project? Is there a GH repo for it where we can take our complaints to? 😄

claunia commented

Hm.
a9c3b7724c/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp (L2740-L2772)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

TabView is a part of WinUI, and that code is available over at https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/

I want to know if it's even possible on the current version of TabView to actualize what that enum would represent?

We could take that, turn that into a method.
Call that method every time the active tab changes...
... or the set of tabs changes.
Get rid of all the calls to _updateTabCloseButton, cause that only updates a single tab.
Add logic in that method
- Inside the loop, if the mode is ActiveOnly, and the tab is active, then IsClosable(true). else false
- Outside the loop, set CloseButtonOverlayMode to Auto, probably a sensible default.

That sounds like it would work on paper. Wanna file a PR? 😄

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): `TabView` is a part of WinUI, and that code is available over at https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/ > I want to know if it's even possible on the current version of `TabView` to actualize what that enum would represent? Hm. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/a9c3b7724c05a0da059c4a0433ea446f8e19cbff/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp#L2740-L2772 * We could take that, turn that into a method. * Call that method every time the active tab changes... * ... or the set of tabs changes. * Get rid of all the calls to `_updateTabCloseButton`, cause that only updates a single tab. * Add logic in that method - Inside the loop, if the mode is `ActiveOnly`, and the tab is active, then `IsClosable(true)`. else `false` - Outside the loop, set `CloseButtonOverlayMode` to `Auto`, probably a sensible default. That sounds like it would work on paper. Wanna file a PR? 😄

claunia commented

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

IDK maybe in the weekend. Haven't touched C++ in 10 years. 😄

Theory looks great though! Much love and thanks for your effort.

@ADTC commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): IDK maybe in the weekend. Haven't touched C++ in 10 years. 😄 Theory looks great though! Much love and thanks for your effort.

claunia commented

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2022):

Could someone please mention the link here if there ever an issue is filed for TabView/WinUI, so we can follow the progress?

I find it a usability regression to not be able to middle click only because there is no close button.

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 10, 2022): Could someone please mention the link here if there ever an issue is filed for TabView/WinUI, so we can follow the progress? I find it a usability regression to not be able to middle click only because there is no close button.

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@dezren39 commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022):

I use scaled windows with a big mouse cursor and many tabs, the inability to remove the close button means I usually avoid it entirely for fear of misclick. I'm confident in my middle-click and keyboard use, less so in single left click territory. It would be great if this could be resolved, sometimes I'm not careful and close very long-running processes by mistake. Even once is painful.

@dezren39 commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022): I use scaled windows with a big mouse cursor and many tabs, the inability to remove the close button means I usually avoid it entirely for fear of misclick. I'm confident in my middle-click and keyboard use, less so in single left click territory. It would be great if this could be resolved, sometimes I'm not careful and close very long-running processes by mistake. Even once is painful.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022):

@dezren39 Then you might be interested in

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022): @dezren39 Then you might be interested in ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/187568175-583f46f8-bc4c-4e17-8a6c-76341f51dcf0.png)

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@zohozer commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022):

Hi. Any working solution for this issue?

@zohozer commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022): Hi. Any working solution for this issue?

claunia commented

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022):

@zohozer Please read the thread. This has been fixed in main, and will be a part of Terminal 1.16.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022): @zohozer Please read the thread. This has been fixed in `main`, and will be a part of Terminal 1.16.

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 13, 2022):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #13348, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v1.16.252.🎉

Handy links:

@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 13, 2022): :tada:This issue was addressed in #13348, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v1.16.252`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.16.252) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

how would this be enabled in the settings? I can't figure out from the release notes nor the commit. thanks

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): how would this be enabled in the settings? I can't figure out from the release notes nor the commit. thanks

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

Docs link

As an example from my test themes:

    "theme": "ninety eight",
    "themes":
    [
        {
            "name": "ninety eight",
            "tab":
            {
                "background": "#e0e3e4",
                "unfocusedBackground": "#c0c0c0",
                "showCloseButton": "never"
            },
            "tabRow":
            {
                "background": "#0000aa",
                "unfocusedBackground": "#87888f"
            },
            "window":
            {
                "applicationTheme": "light",
                "useMica": true
            }
        }
    ]

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): [Docs link](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/themes#show-close-button) As an example from my test themes: ```json "theme": "ninety eight", "themes": [ { "name": "ninety eight", "tab": { "background": "#e0e3e4", "unfocusedBackground": "#c0c0c0", "showCloseButton": "never" }, "tabRow": { "background": "#0000aa", "unfocusedBackground": "#87888f" }, "window": { "applicationTheme": "light", "useMica": true } } ] ```

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

this is the themes contents in the default config file (well I changed from dark to light using the gui settings) :

    "theme": "light",
    "themes": [],

what is the minimal modification needed to enable showCloseButton on all default themes?

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): this is the themes contents in the default config file (well I changed from dark to light using the gui settings) : ```` "theme": "light", "themes": [], ```` what is the minimal modification needed to enable showCloseButton on all default themes?

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

would this be sufficient?

    "themes":
    [
        {
            "name": "light",
            "tab":
            {
                "showCloseButton": "never"
            },
        }
    ]

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): would this be sufficient? ```` "themes": [ { "name": "light", "tab": { "showCloseButton": "never" }, } ] ````

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

You'll need to change the name to something else, but yea, that'd do it. Then just change the theme property to whatever name you gave your theme.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): You'll need to change the name to something else, but yea, that'd do it. Then just change the `theme` property to whatever name you gave your theme.

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@atc0005 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

@zadjii-msft: You'll need to change the name to something else, but yea, that'd do it. Then just change the theme property to whatever name you gave your theme.

FWIW, I think I initially ran into the same problem as @mailinglists35.

I copied the example theme from the docs as-is and then added the "showCloseButton": "never" line. After looking at & testing your example from https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3335#issuecomment-1246658946 I realized that my attempt to create a custom theme (named dark) was conflicting with the default theme instead of overriding it.

It wasn't until I got things working that I went back to the docs and saw this:

This is the name of the theme. Names should be unique. The names dark, light, and system are reserved for the built-in default themes.

My attempt to use dark as the custom theme name is not allowed, but this is not emphasized by an error message. If you go strictly by the error message shown here:

The user might misunderstand that to mean that theme and themes[0].name should be set to one of the stock theme names.

I'm guessing that this will be fixed by a future schema update (regarding the warning message), but wanted to note it in case it helps someone else in the meantime.

@atc0005 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): > @zadjii-msft: You'll need to change the name to something else, but yea, that'd do it. Then just change the `theme` property to whatever name you gave your theme. FWIW, I think I initially ran into the same problem as @mailinglists35. I copied the example theme from the [docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/themes) as-is and then added the `"showCloseButton": "never"` line. After looking at & testing your example from https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3335#issuecomment-1246658946 I realized that my attempt to create a custom theme (named `dark`) was conflicting with the default theme instead of overriding it. It wasn't until I got things working that I went back to the docs and saw this: > This is the name of the theme. Names should be unique. The names dark, light, and system are reserved for the built-in default themes. My attempt to use `dark` as the custom theme name is not allowed, but this is not emphasized by an error message. If you go strictly by the error message shown here: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/36716992/190186831-c69c4de6-a3c9-445a-996a-24f3bb266943.png) The user might misunderstand that to mean that `theme` and `themes[0].name` should be set to one of the stock theme names. I'm guessing that this will be fixed by a future schema update (regarding the warning message), but wanted to note it in case it helps someone else in the meantime.

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

oh, so what is the way to go if I just want the light/dark theme plus this setting?

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): oh, so what is the way to go if I just want the light/dark theme plus this setting?

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@ALERTua commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

@atc0005 I just had to update my Windows Terminal Preview for this error to disappear.

    "themes":
    [
		{
			"name": "my_theme",
			"tab": {
				"showCloseButton": "never"
			},
			"window": {
				"applicationTheme": "system"
			}
		}
	],
    "theme": "my_theme"

This does hide the close button, but the middle mouse click stops closing the tab :\

even with

"pointerbindings": [
  {
  "device": "mouse",
  "event": "middleClick",
  "where": "tab",
  "command": "closeTab"
  }
]

what do

@ALERTua commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): @atc0005 I just had to update my Windows Terminal Preview for this error to disappear. ``` "themes": [ { "name": "my_theme", "tab": { "showCloseButton": "never" }, "window": { "applicationTheme": "system" } } ], "theme": "my_theme" ``` This does hide the close button, but the middle mouse click stops closing the tab :\ even with ``` "pointerbindings": [ { "device": "mouse", "event": "middleClick", "where": "tab", "command": "closeTab" } ] ``` what do

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022):

what do

Read the thread: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3335#issuecomment-1246890461.

IsClosable hides the X, but also disables middle click closing. There's no other easy way of changing that, short of wholesale forking the control.

Alas, that's just a limitation of TabView for the time being.

even with pointerbindings

That's... not a setting? Where'd you conjure that from?

oh, so what is the way to go if I just want the light/dark theme plus this setting?

Copypasta 71fc4b1b0a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/defaults.json (L297-L309) into your settings file.
add the theme property you want. (in this case, "tab":{"showCloseButton": "never"})
Set the name to foo.
Change theme to "foo".
Save the file.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2022): > what do Read the thread: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3335#issuecomment-1246890461. > `IsClosable` hides the X, but also disables middle click closing. There's no other easy way of changing that, short of wholesale forking the control. Alas, that's just a limitation of TabView for the time being. > even with `pointerbindings` That's... not a setting? Where'd you conjure that from? > oh, so what is the way to go if I just want the light/dark theme plus this setting? 1. Copypasta https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/71fc4b1b0aee812bc7368c0b62a96018cb9fce86/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/defaults.json#L297-L309 into your settings file. 2. add the theme property you want. (in this case, `"tab":{"showCloseButton": "never"}`) 3. Set the name to `foo`. 4. Change `theme` to `"foo"`. 5. Save the file.

claunia commented

2026-01-30 23:53:23 +00:00

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023):

did I copy it wrong? I still see the close button.

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@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023): did I copy it wrong? I still see the close button. ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/2054302/77df9353-ec84-4090-a17c-707db4a84adb) ```` { "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation", "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema", "actions": [ { "command": "find", "keys": "ctrl+shift+f" }, { "command": "scrollUpPage", "keys": "shift+pgup" }, { "command": "scrollDownPage", "keys": "shift+pgdn" }, { "command": { "action": "copy", "singleLine": false }, "keys": "ctrl+c" }, { "command": "paste", "keys": "ctrl+v" }, { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "auto", "splitMode": "duplicate" }, "keys": "alt+shift+d" } ], "copyFormatting": "none", "copyOnSelect": false, "defaultProfile": "{07b52e3e-de2c-5db4-bd2d-ba144ed6c273}", "disableAnimations": true, "newTabMenu": [ { "type": "remainingProfiles" } ], "profiles": { "defaults": { "adjustIndistinguishableColors": "always", "bellStyle": "taskbar", "colorScheme": "Tango Dark", "cursorShape": "filledBox", "font": { "face": 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"cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#3A96DD", "foreground": "#FFFFFF", "green": "#26A269", "name": "Ubuntu-Preview-ColorScheme", "purple": "#881798", "red": "#C21A23", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#CCCCCC", "yellow": "#A2734C" }, { "background": "#000000", "black": "#000000", "blue": "#000080", "brightBlack": "#808080", "brightBlue": "#0000FF", "brightCyan": "#00FFFF", "brightGreen": "#00FF00", "brightPurple": "#FF00FF", "brightRed": "#FF0000", "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF", "brightYellow": "#FFFF00", "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF", "cyan": "#008080", "foreground": "#C0C0C0", "green": "#008000", "name": "Vintage", "purple": "#800080", "red": "#800000", "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF", "white": "#C0C0C0", "yellow": "#808000" } ], "theme": "dark", "themes": [ { "name": "dark", "window": { "applicationTheme": "dark" }, "tab": { "background": "terminalBackground", "unfocusedBackground": "#00000000" }, "tabRow": { "unfocusedBackground": "#333333FF" }, "tab": {"showCloseButton": "never"} } ], "wordDelimiters": " \\()\"',;<>~!#$%^&*|+[]{}~?\u2502" } ````

claunia commented

2026-01-30 23:53:23 +00:00

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023):

before it was simply

"themes": []

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023): before it was simply ```` "themes": [] ````

claunia commented

2026-01-30 23:53:24 +00:00

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023):

Ah, you missed a crucial pair of steps:

Set the name to "foo".

Change theme to "foo"

Themes don't let you directly override built-in theme names (dark, light, system)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023): Ah, you missed a crucial pair of steps: > 3. Set the `name` to `"foo"`. > 4. Change `theme` to `"foo"` Themes don't let you directly override built-in theme names (`dark`, `light`, `system`)

claunia commented

2026-01-30 23:53:24 +00:00

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023):

a w e s o m e

I am finally worry-free clicking anywhere in the tab bar!

thank you

@mailinglists35 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2023): a w e s o m e I am finally worry-free clicking anywhere in the tab bar! thank you

claunia commented

2026-01-30 23:53:24 +00:00

@lapo-luchini commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2023):

Even better! 🎉
"showCloseButton": "hover"

@lapo-luchini commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2023): Even better! 🎉 `"showCloseButton": "hover"`

claunia commented

@mreymann commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2023):

It would be great if this feature could be activated by just an option in the settings. Is this planned?

@mreymann commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2023): It would be great if this feature could be activated by just an option in the settings. Is this planned?

claunia commented

@mreymann commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024):

Ok, my annoyance level grew so much that I eventually edited my settings.json accordingly, using "showCloseButton": "activeOnly". I'll see if that works out. Still would prefer a simple selection in the options.

@mreymann commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2024): Ok, my annoyance level grew so much that I eventually edited my settings.json accordingly, using "showCloseButton": "activeOnly". I'll see if that works out. Still would prefer a simple selection in the options.

claunia commented

@2x2xplz commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2024):

The "close tab" area is significantly larger than just the visible X and takes up more than half of a minimized tab:

It's way too easy to accidentally click "close" even when you give yourself extra margin, especially with no close tab confirmation. Please, as @mreymann suggested, just make this a simple setting to change (without needing to create a whole new theme) -- and preferably, add a confirmation the first few times for new Terminal users.

Sticking with ConEmu in the meantime.

@2x2xplz commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2024): The "close tab" area is significantly larger than just the visible `X` and takes up more than half of a minimized tab: ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/16587079/97d837ed-2fd5-4fdc-ad93-92ace39f1d3d) It's way too easy to accidentally click "close" even when you give yourself extra margin, especially with no close tab confirmation. Please, as @mreymann suggested, just make this a simple setting to change (without needing to create a whole new theme) -- and preferably, add a confirmation the first few times for new `Terminal` users. Sticking with ConEmu in the meantime.

claunia commented