Display current tab's icon as the taskbar icon #9093

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opened 2026-01-31 01:45:50 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @dstaley on GitHub (Jun 18, 2020).

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

I'd love to have the ability to select a custom Terminal icon from a limited set of icons packaged with the application by Microsoft. Particularly, I'd love the ability to use this icon from @cinnamon-msft.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

This isn't asking for completely arbitrary icons; the scope would be limited to a set of included icons. I also believe that means it's not in scope of #4000.

As for a potential solution, I'm not sure which of the Windows APIs Terminal has access to. If Win32 APIs can be called, I think WM_SETICON could be a good place to start.

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Reference: starred/terminal#9093