microsoft / microsoft/terminal
SUI: Starting directory/background image checkboxes recheck themselves automatically
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Area-SettingsUI
Issue-Bug
Priority-3
Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Environment
Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.746]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): Version: 1.6.10252.0
Any other software?
Steps to reproduce
Starting directory
- Open up the settings UI
- Go to any profile's tab
- Clear all the text in the "starting directory" text box
- Check the 'use parent process directory' check box
- The checkbox immediately unchecks itself
Background image
- Open up the settings UI
- Go to any profile's tab
- Go to the appearance tab for that profile
- Type in "desktopWallpaper" into the "background image path" text box
- Check the 'use desktop wallpaper' check box
- The checkbox immediately unchecks itself
Expected behavior
The checkbox remains checked
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in the Windows Terminal settings UI and reproduce both checkbox cases using the listed profile and appearance steps. Verify that each checkbox remains checked after its associated field is cleared or populated, and confirm the behavior on the reported Windows Terminal version.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100