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opened 2026-01-31 01:11:17 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:17 +00:00
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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020).

Originally assigned to: @cinnamon-msft on GitHub.

Chrome, Paint, Explorer, Telegram have more contrastive icon edges, Black on dark blue is makes quite uncontrastive icon edges, especially the left and bottom borders.

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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020). Originally assigned to: @cinnamon-msft on GitHub. Chrome, Paint, Explorer, Telegram have more contrastive icon edges, Black on dark blue is makes quite uncontrastive icon edges, especially the left and bottom borders. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1041752/80364560-6f265600-8886-11ea-8c16-2a35938cf31d.png) left - default, right - with mouse hover over
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:18 +00:00
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@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020):

Should there be an inverted version of the icon, for use with Dark Mode Windows Theme?

@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020): Should there be an inverted version of the icon, for use with Dark Mode Windows Theme?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:18 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020):

@vadimkantorov could you share what the Chrome, Paint taskbar icons look like for you? On my machine, the Terminal taskbar icons are behaving the same as the icons for other windows:

Here I've got paint.exe focused:
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Here, I've got Teams focused, and I'm hovering on the Terminal Icon:
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and here I've got just the Terminal focused:
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020): @vadimkantorov could you share what the Chrome, Paint taskbar icons look like for you? On my machine, the Terminal taskbar icons are behaving the same as the icons for other windows: Here I've got paint.exe focused: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/80376318-42127d00-885f-11ea-8464-7862c16e8f2d.png) Here, I've got Teams focused, and I'm hovering on the Terminal Icon: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/80376274-31fa9d80-885f-11ea-8e1a-52f0f93860c9.png) and here I've got just the Terminal focused: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/80376285-34f58e00-885f-11ea-9d20-c7ad1a0f7545.png)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:18 +00:00
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@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020):

@vadimkantorov could you share what the Chrome, Paint taskbar icons look like for you? On my machine, the Terminal taskbar icons are behaving the same as the icons for other windows:

I don't think he is saying that it is behaving differently, but that the dark icon doesn't stand out as well as a coloured or brighter icon would.

@mdtauk commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020): > @vadimkantorov could you share what the Chrome, Paint taskbar icons look like for you? On my machine, the Terminal taskbar icons are behaving the same as the icons for other windows: > I don't think he is saying that it is behaving differently, but that the dark icon doesn't stand out as well as a coloured or brighter icon would.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:19 +00:00
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@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020):

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Yes, the dark icon (on already dark start bar background) without clear edges or shadows to highlight edges is almost blurs into background but makes an impresion that this is not intentional (e.g. compare with OpenVPN icon). Tux icon of wsltty also suffers from this, but at least Tux has a lot of yellow/orange, so the problem isn't as bad.

@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1041752/80380719-3bf0c080-88a0-11ea-859b-3ad44f525db9.png) Yes, the dark icon (on already dark start bar background) without clear edges or shadows to highlight edges is almost blurs into background but makes an impresion that this is not intentional (e.g. compare with OpenVPN icon). Tux icon of wsltty also suffers from this, but at least Tux has a lot of yellow/orange, so the problem isn't as bad.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:11:19 +00:00
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@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2022):

In Win11 + systemwide dark mode the task bar icon is still not contrastive enough. Maybe there needs to be a different icon for dark mode. It simply seems to turn out bad when the icon itself contains a lot of black color. Then it gets lost on the black background of dark mode task bar.

@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2022): In Win11 + systemwide dark mode the task bar icon is still not contrastive enough. Maybe there needs to be a different icon for dark mode. It simply seems to turn out bad when the icon itself contains a lot of black color. Then it gets lost on the black background of dark mode task bar.
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