Microsoft’s open source Windows Terminal is getting some great updates this week. As always, Windows Terminal Preview is a point forward version and shows the next set of features. In the list of version 1.16 there are many features designed to make your Terminal look as good as possible. This starts with the topics.
Windows Terminal has always been very customizable, but from 1.16 onwards it will be better and easier. Themes can be enabled via the dropdown in the Appearance settings, but at least initially, they can only be compiled in the JSON settings file. There are preset objects that can be customized, including the background and theme of the app and the tab row and tab can be customized separately. Microsoft Blog post Has some code to help you go further or you can check out full documentation For more. There is, too Sample Gallery To give you an idea of what to expect, like the “Under Construction” theme in the image below.
Additional visual optimization tools include improvements to default colors, and Windows Terminal Preview will now automatically launch in dark mode. Regardless of your system settings. If you are truly You want a blazing white terminal, you still can, but you have to enable it yourself.
What’s also great is the introduction of a new text rendering engine, which was first introduced several versions ago as an experiment.
In version 1.13, we released the new demo text rendering engine within an experimental feature that you can enable for a profile. In this version we make this new viewer the default text viewer for all profiles. The new viewer is more efficient and now supports additional pixel shaders (including retro effect), bold text, and underline/line/hyperlink lines.
The blog post goes into all the details, including bug fixes and more minor improvements. Along with Windows Terminal Preview 1.16, the regular Windows Terminal is updated to version 1.15, with all the features Pre-available in 1.15 Preview. Download both from a file Microsoft StoreAnd the githubor using the Windows Package Manager.
source: Microsoft
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