Windows Terminal update will have power users licking their lips
Windows Terminal gets a bounty of new features
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Microsofthas rolled out new stable and preview builds for Windows Terminal that contain plenty of new functionality fordevelopersand power users to get excited about.
The headline upgrade is the ability to set Windows Terminal as the default terminal application onWindows 11, either from within system settings or the application itself. This way, any command line app will launch automatically in Windows Terminal.
Windows Terminal 1.11 also brings a number of features from theprevious preview releaseover to the stable build. For example, all users can now take advantage of the ability to minimize the terminal to the system tray, new font options and a range of improvements for the pane functionality.
Windows Terminal Preview
To accompany the stable build, Microsoft has also launched a new Windows Terminal preview release, for users that want early access to the very latest features.
On top of various bug fixes,Windows Terminal Preview 1.12offers a range of new options designed to introduce an additional measure of intelligence and improve efficiency.
For example, Windows Terminal now automatically matches the executable with the corresponding terminal profile at launch, if the user has previously made customizations. Further, users can now configure Windows Terminal to restore previous tabs and panes after relaunching.
Finally, the latest preview build supports full transparency onWindows 11, with users able to control the level of opacity using Ctrl + Shift + Scroll.
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“An improvement from the Windows Console Host in this implementation is that the text will remain opaque while the background turns transparent. This allows you to be able to read your terminal prompt without losing contrast,” explained Kayla Cinnamon, Program Manager for Windows Terminal.
As ever, the Windows Terminalstableandpreviewbuilds can be downloaded via the Microsoft Store or theGitHub page.
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