Moving from profiles.json to settings.json broke my colorschemes #7755

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opened 2026-01-31 01:11:58 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @VikingScientist on GitHub (Apr 28, 2020).

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Windows build number: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18362.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.11.1121.0

Any other software? No

Steps to reproduce

Have a customized profiles.json file and upgrade to newest release which uses settings.json

Expected behavior

No change whatsoever

Actual behavior

None of my customized colorschemes seemed to work and they all reverted to their default values.

Fix for me

It would seem that settings.json is case-sensitive and requires the keyword to be written colorScheme, while I had previously used colorscheme.

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claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 01:11:58 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2020):

Wow, if you had colorscheme in your settings file, you must have installed the Terminal an exceptionally long time ago. Thanks for sticking with us for so long through the preview process ❤️!

As you've found out, the colorscheme key was deprecated in favor of colorScheme. Largely, we're tracking all the "upgrade to 0.11 broke my settings" bugs with #5458, so I'm gonna close this thread as a duplicate.

Thanks!

/dup #5458

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2020): Wow, if you had `colorscheme` in your settings file, you must have installed the Terminal an exceptionally long time ago. Thanks for sticking with us for so long through the preview process ❤️! As you've found out, the `colorscheme` key was deprecated in favor of `colorScheme`. Largely, we're tracking all the "upgrade to 0.11 broke my settings" bugs with #5458, so I'm gonna close this thread as a duplicate. Thanks! /dup #5458
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2020):

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 (Apr 28, 2020): 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!
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@nandesu commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020):

Thanks for this. I spent hours creating my custom themes and was having the same issue. Finally just opened it in VSCode instead of vim and noticed that the scheme has this camel case key now.

@nandesu commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020): Thanks for this. I spent hours creating my custom themes and was having the same issue. Finally just opened it in VSCode instead of vim and noticed that the scheme has this camel case key now.
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Reference: starred/terminal#7755