microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Title tab color should dim on unfocused tab

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Area-UserInterface Issue-Task Priority-3 Product-Terminal
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Description

### Description of the new feature

Today, when you have a unfocused tab, the background changes, but not the color of the title. If the focused and unfocused colors are almost the same, you have problems to see which one is focused.

(first is focused)
Image

Theme info:
```
"name": "Dark+",
"tab":
{
"background": "terminalBackground",
"iconStyle": "default",
"showCloseButton": "never",
"unfocusedBackground": "#00000000"
},
"tabRow":
{
"background": "#333333FF",
"unfocusedBackground": "#D4D4D4FF"
},
"window":
{
"applicationTheme": "dark",
"experimental.rainbowFrame": false,
"frame": null,
"unfocusedFrame": null,
"useMica": false
}
```

Explorer @ Win 11 does this:

Image

### Proposed technical implementation details

Let the title text to be customized, like the `unfocusedBackground`, but for text title (`unfocusedTabTitle`, maybe?). Or, at least dim the title text too.

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Research direction

No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Windows Terminal tab title rendering and the existing tab or tabRow unfocused color handling, then verify the unfocused title is visibly dimmed without changing the focused title or breaking theme customization.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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