Picking random background image from directory #8357

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opened 2026-01-31 01:27:24 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @eronnen on GitHub (May 20, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

In addition to having one fixed background image per profile, I think it would be more exciting if I had the option to set "backgroundImage" to a directory of images/GIFs, and when starting the terminal it would randomly pick an image/GIF to view.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 20, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #3900 for more discussion.

/dup #3900

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 20, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #3900 for more discussion. /dup #3900
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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 20, 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 (May 20, 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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Reference: starred/terminal#8357