microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Click required to update theme after system theme switch
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.22.11141.0
### Windows build number
10.0.26100.3915
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
I use AutoDark to automatically switch the system theme between Light/Dark at particular hours.
When a theme switch happens, most applications also switch the theme.
But Windows Terminal doesn't. It keeps the old theme, and only updates it after activating the Terminal window. So after any automatic system switch, I need to manually click all Windows Terminal windows to make them respect the theme too, which is annoying.
### Expected Behavior
Windows Terminal automatically switches it's theme when the system theme changes.
### Actual Behavior
Click is required for Windows Terminal to update it's theme
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue on Windows Terminal 1.22.11141.0 while changing the system theme with AutoDark, then trace how theme changes are handled when the window is inactive versus activated. Done means every open Terminal window updates automatically when the system theme switches, without requiring a click; add or update coverage if the relevant test entry point is found.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100