microsoft / microsoft/terminal
[1.21] Hot reloading to set a newly-installed font doesn't work
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Area-Fonts
Issue-Bug
Product-Terminal
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Description
Windows Terminal version
1.21
Windows build number
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Other Software
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Steps to reproduce
Install a new font.
Set it as the font.
Save settings.
Expected Behavior
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Actual Behavior
You'll get one error dialog per open terminal, and they'll switch to Consolas.
Newly-opened panes will use the specified font.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the listed Windows Terminal 1.21 reproduction steps: install a font, select it in settings, and save while terminals are open. Trace the hot-reload path for applying fonts to existing terminals and the error dialog, then verify that open terminals switch to the newly installed font without errors and that newly opened panes still use it.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100