On-screen icons to indicate shell type? #5507

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opened 2026-01-31 00:14:59 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Dec 11, 2019).

Originally assigned to: @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub.

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Windows Terminal has the ability to display an image in the background. In addition to eye candy this feature can be used to identify the type of shell that is being run in the window. For example:

image

or:

image

etc.

Proposed feature: What do y'all think about including a set of common icons so that it's easy to set this up 'out of the box'

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I'd need to find appropriately licensed images, then size them appropriately, and then figure out where to put them in the repo/distro for Windows Terminal. Including commented-out lines in the config file would be good, too.

If there's interest I think I can do the actual work on this.

I'm not guaranteeing that I'll be able to support the feature going forwards, but hopefully the support costs would be low.

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Dec 11, 2019). Originally assigned to: @DHowett-MSFT on GitHub. # Description of the new feature/enhancement Windows Terminal has the ability to display an image in the background. In addition to eye candy this feature can be used to identify the type of shell that is being run in the window. For example: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45976071/70641538-a5727a00-1bf2-11ea-8ed5-22609f583eda.png) or: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45976071/70641602-b8854a00-1bf2-11ea-979c-db1cea9bb2fa.png) etc. Proposed feature: What do y'all think about including a set of common icons so that it's easy to set this up 'out of the box' # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) I'd need to find appropriately licensed images, then size them appropriately, and then figure out where to put them in the repo/distro for Windows Terminal. Including commented-out lines in the config file would be good, too. If there's interest I think I can do the actual work on this. I'm not guaranteeing that I'll be able to support the feature going forwards, but hopefully the support costs would be low.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-Tag-FixResolution-Won't-Fix labels 2026-01-31 00:14:59 +00:00
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