microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Session text is invisible when Windows is set to "HDR mode".
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Product-Terminal
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Description
Environment
Windows build number: 10.0.18363.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.11.1191.0
Any other software?
Steps to reproduce
Start Menu
Settings
System
Display
Play HDR games and apps - Set this to ON.
Expected behavior
That text in the Windows Terminal would be visible as it is in "SDR mode".
Actual behavior
All text regardless of session type (pwsh, Powershell, cmd, etc.) or ANSI codes is invisible (it has the same color as the terminal session background).
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. First reproduce the issue in Windows Terminal with Windows HDR enabled, comparing the invisible session text against SDR mode across pwsh, PowerShell, and cmd; done means terminal text and ANSI-colored text are visible in HDR mode.
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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
- 42/100