microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Too little contrast in progress indicator of inactive tab in light theme
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.20.11381.0
### Windows build number
10.0.19045.4529
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
Configure the terminal to use the light theme (not legacy), and a tab bar separate from the title bar.
Open a PowerShell tab and run a command to output the OSC that sets 50% progress: ``"`e]9;4;1;50`e\"``
Do the same in another tab.
### Expected Behavior
The progress indicators in the tab bar should have good contrast so that I can see how much progress has been made.
### Actual Behavior
The progress indicator of the inactive tab is too light and doesn't have enough contrast to the light background:

Compare to the dark theme, where both progress indicators have adequate contrast:

Contributor guide
Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the issue with the light theme, a separate tab bar, two PowerShell tabs, and the provided OSC progress command, then trace the tab-bar progress indicator implementation. Done means the inactive indicator has sufficient contrast against the light background while preserving the dark-theme behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100