microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Settings UI: "Browse" button disappears/fails to appear when switching Icon dropdown from "File" -> "None" -> "File"
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Area-SettingsUI
Impact-Visual
Issue-Bug
Priority-3
Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Windows Terminal version
1.24.11321.0
Windows build number
10.0.26300.8553
Other Software
No response
Steps to reproduce
- Open Windows Terminal, go to Settings.
- Select any profile on the left (e.g., PowerShell), and look at the Icon field.
- Click the dropdown and select "File..."
- Click the dropdown again and change the selection to "None".
- Click the dropdown a third time and select "File..." again.
Expected Behavior
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Actual Behavior
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Windows Terminal Settings using the Icon dropdown sequence described: File, None, then File. Inspect the Settings UI behavior around that selection change and compare the Browse button with the attached screenshot. Done means the Browse button consistently appears when File is selected after switching through None.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100