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Feature Request - Background Flip #4833

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opened 2026-01-30 23:57:40 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:57:40 +00:00
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Originally created by @bobfrankly on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Some animated gifs have motion on a specific side of the image. When the motion is focused to the right edge of the screen, this tends to work well, but when the motion is on the left side, it may be too much. An option to flip the background would add flexibility in such situations.
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Add to the profiles.json spec: backgroundImageFlip with options for horizontal and vertical, and the functional code that would implement this feature.

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Loving the product so far! -Bob

Originally created by @bobfrankly on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Some animated gifs have motion on a specific side of the image. When the motion is focused to the right edge of the screen, this tends to work well, but when the motion is on the left side, it may be too much. An option to flip the background would add flexibility in such situations. **Examples:** - [Would Flip](http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/6Q2KA5ly49368/giphy.gif) - [Wouldn't Flip](https://media.giphy.com/media/69qrEqqjd06TZZY89S/giphy.gif) # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Add to the profiles.json spec: backgroundImageFlip with options for horizontal and vertical, and the functional code that would implement this feature. # Obvious flattery Loving the product so far! -Bob
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claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:57:41 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019):

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thanks!

(flip)

I'm concerned about the overhead of having the terminal (or the XAML image control, really) flip the image every time it's displayed when you could save your computer time and processing power by pre-flipping the gif you'd like to use 😄

We had a discussion like this in #2370, but never reached a consensus.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019): > Flattery thanks! > (flip) I'm concerned about the overhead of having the terminal (or the XAML image control, really) flip the image every time it's displayed when you could save your computer time and processing power by pre-flipping the gif you'd like to use :smile: We had a discussion like this in #2370, but never reached a consensus.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:57:41 +00:00
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@bobfrankly commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019):

Flattery

thanks!

(flip)

I'm concerned about the overhead of having the terminal (or the XAML image control, really) flip the image every time it's displayed when you could save your computer time and processing power by pre-flipping the gif you'd like to use 😄

We had a discussion like this in #2370, but never reached a consensus.

Now I'm just a powershell junkie, so I'm admittedly not familiar with the details, but would the overhead for a flip that considerable compared to the automatic scaling and alignment that's already included?

I get the mentality behind 'modify and save locally', but the idea of 'copy and paste these few lines and my config is over here now' is a strong contender as well 😄

@bobfrankly commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019): > > Flattery > > thanks! > > > (flip) > > I'm concerned about the overhead of having the terminal (or the XAML image control, really) flip the image every time it's displayed when you could save your computer time and processing power by pre-flipping the gif you'd like to use 😄 > > We had a discussion like this in #2370, but never reached a consensus. Now I'm just a powershell junkie, so I'm admittedly not familiar with the details, but would the overhead for a flip that considerable compared to the automatic scaling and alignment that's already included? I get the mentality behind 'modify and save locally', but the idea of 'copy and paste these few lines and my config is over here now' is a strong contender as well 😄
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:57:42 +00:00
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@egmontkob commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019):

The two cents of someone who doesn't even use this software (that is, me):

Adding such a feature opens up a can of worms for an endless number of similar tiny ones: rotating by 90° or arbitrary angle, applying arbitrary matrix transformation, blurring, various kinds of color corrections and so on and so forth.

The only consistent and non-arbitrary place to draw a line is to include only the ones absolutely necessary, the ones which cannot be done externally because depend on the current size of the terminal (that is: scaling, stretching or cropping, aligning, tiling).

@egmontkob commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2019): The two cents of someone who doesn't even use this software (that is, me): Adding such a feature opens up a can of worms for an endless number of similar tiny ones: rotating by 90° or arbitrary angle, applying arbitrary matrix transformation, blurring, various kinds of color corrections and so on and so forth. The only consistent and non-arbitrary place to draw a line is to include only the ones absolutely necessary, the ones which cannot be done externally because depend on the current size of the terminal (that is: scaling, stretching or cropping, aligning, tiling).
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:57:42 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019):

I think that's a really good assessment. Thanks @egmontkob! I'm going to have to veto this one, but I'm still open to a discussion about the merits of various background image options. 😸

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019): I think that's a really good assessment. Thanks @egmontkob! I'm going to have to veto this one, but I'm still open to a discussion about the merits of various background image options. 😸
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