You can change the transparency level using Ctrl + Shift + ⚙mouse wheel. This will allow you to read messages in the terminal without losing contrast. The main difference between this implementation and the Windows Console Host is that the text in the terminal will remain opaque, while the background itself will be transparent. Instead of using an acrylic texture, you can choose the transparency option available in the original console. Windows Terminal now supports full transparency in Windows 11. 'firstWindowPreference': 'persistedWindowLayout' The feature can be enabled in the preferences UI under Launch, or in the global preferences in settings.json by setting the firstWindowPreference to persistedWindowLayout. You can now configure Windows Terminal to restore open tabs and panels after restarting the application.

This feature is only available in Windows Terminal Preview and will appear in the stable version of Windows Terminal in the next release. For example, if you open Command Prompt from the Start menu, your Command Prompt profile opens, not the default profile. TThis means that all of your customizations will appear if you have a profile with the same executable as the one selected to launch. Windows Terminal will now correctly match the app being launched to the terminal profile.

You can manage this setting both in the 'Settings' app in Windows ( Win+ i), and in the settings of the Windows Terminal itself. So, any command line application will automatically launch in Windows Terminal. This also works in Insider builds of the OS arrived from the Dev channel. The user can now set the stable version of Windows Terminal as the default terminal in Windows 11. Full transparency What's new in Windows Terminal 1.12 Default terminal

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