My name is Thomas Maurer. I am a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. I am part of the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI) and engage with the community and customers around the world. I am located in Switzerland. I am focusing on Microsoft technologies, especially cloud and datacenter solutions based on Microsoft Azure, Azure Stack and Windows Server. Opinions are my own.
This is just a very quick blog post to share my customized Windows Terminal settings.json, and it should give you an idea of how you can customize the Windows Terminal for your needs. The new Windows Terminal for Windows 10 which is open-source and you currently can get it from the Windows Store. The new Windows Terminal lets you run different shells like Windows PowerShell, PowerShell 7, Command Prompt, WSL, and also WSL 2. It provides a couple of improvements like; multiple tabs support, GPU accelerated DirectWrite/DirectX-based text rendering engine, and much more. For me, one of the biggest advantages are the advanced customizing and configuration options, which allow you to configure the Windows Terminal settings using a profiles.json file.
Windows Terminal 1.0 was released on May 19, you can find more documentation here on Microsoft Docs.
Customized Windows Terminal Settings settings json
And here is my personal customized Windows Terminal settings profiles.json including the shells, my color themes, and my key bindings.
// This file was initially generated by Windows Terminal 0.11.1121.0
// It should still be usable in newer versions, but newer versions might have additional
// settings, help text, or changes that you will not see unless you clear this file
// and let us generate a new one for you.
// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation
{
"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
"defaultProfile": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
// You can add more global application settings here.
// To learn more about global settings, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-global-settings
// If enabled, selections are automatically copied to your clipboard. "copyOnSelect": false,
// If enabled, formatted data is also copied to your clipboard "copyFormatting": false,
// A profile specifies a command to execute paired with information about how it should look and feel.
// Each one of them will appear in the 'New Tab' dropdown,
// and can be invoked from the commandline with `wt.exe -p xxx` // To learn more about profiles, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-profile-settings
"profiles":
{
"defaults":
{
// Put settings here that you want to apply to all profiles. "cursorShape": "vintage"
},
"list":
[
{
// Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile.
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
"name": "Windows PowerShell",
"commandline": "powershell.exe",
"hidden": false,
"fontFace": "Consolas",
"colorScheme": "PowerShellTom",
"useAcrylic": true,
"acrylicOpacity": 0.8
},
{
// Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile.
"guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
"name": "Command Prompt",
"commandline": "cmd.exe",
"hidden": false,
"fontFace": "Consolas",
"experimental.retroTerminalEffect": true,
"foreground": "#00FF00"
},
{
"guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}", "hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell ⚡",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
"backgroundImage": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas
Maurer Logos
2016/WindowsTerminal/RobotwithBackgroundVibrantInkTom.jpg",
"backgroundImageOpacity" : 0.1,
"colorScheme": "VibrantTom",
"useAcrylic": true,
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.8
},
{
"guid": "{c6eaf9f4-32a7-5fdc-b5cf-066e8a4b1e40}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Ubuntu-18.04 🐳",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
"colorScheme": "UbuntuLegit",
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.8,
"backgroundImage": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas
Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/RobotwithBackground.jpg",
"useAcrylic": true,
"backgroundImageOpacity" : 0.1
},
{
"guid": "{07b52e3e-de2c-5db4-bd2d-ba144ed6c273}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Ubuntu-20.04 🐳",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
"colorScheme": "UbuntuLegit",
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.8,
"backgroundImage": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas
Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/RobotwithBackground.jpg",
"useAcrylic": true,
"backgroundImageOpacity" : 0.1
},
{
"guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Azure Cloud Shell ☁",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure",
"colorScheme": "Dracula",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.8,
"useAcrylic": true
},
{
// Connects to a remote machine using SSH
"guid": "{3b6e258c-bd69-43af-9365-69b153b0ece6}",
"name": "SSH Thomas AzureVM 💻",
"tabTitle": "SSH Thomas Maurer AzureVM",
"commandline": "ssh thomas@tomazurevmssh.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com",
"icon": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/AzureVMIcon32.png",
"colorScheme": "UbuntuLegit",
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.5,
"useAcrylic": true
},
{
// Connects to a remote machine using Windows PowerShell
"guid": "{726893ad-458f-4bf5-9cbf-7108d1f9941f}",
"name": "PS Thomas AzureVM 💻",
"tabTitle": "PS Thomas Maurer AzureVM",
"commandline": "powershell.exe -noprofile -noexit -Command Enter-PSSession -ComputerName azurevmps.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com -credential thomas",
"icon": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/AzureVMIcon32.png",
"colorScheme": "Tango Dark"
},
{
// Connects to a remote machine using PowerShell 7
"guid": "{d5f95abc-9fef-41e2-b3c5-6400ce8324b5}",
"name": "PS7 Thomas AzureVM",
"tabTitle": "PS7 Thomas Maurer AzureVM 💻",
"commandline": "pwsh.exe -NoProfile -NoExit -Command Enter-PSSession -ComputerName azurevmps.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com -credential thomas",
"icon": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/AzureVMIcon32.png",
"colorScheme": "Tango Dark"
},
{
// Starts and Connects to a Docker Container PowerShell 7
"guid": "{d5f95abc-9fef-41e2-b3c5-6400ce8324b5}",
"name": "Azure PowerShell Container",
"tabTitle": "Azure PowerShell Container 💻",
"commandline": "pwsh.exe -NoProfile -NoExit -Command docker start -ai stupefied_mendel",
"icon": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/DockerIcon.png",
"colorScheme": "Tango Dark"
},
{
"guid": "{d6da893b-255b-44f2-92d9-7c7413096de2}",
"name": "PowerShell Light",
"tabTitle": "PowerShell Light 💻",
"commandline": "pwsh.exe -NoExit",
"backgroundImage": "C:/Users/thoma/OneDrive/Pictures/Me/Thomas Maurer Logos 2016/WindowsTerminal/RobotwithBackgroundVibrantInkTom.jpg",
"backgroundImageOpacity" : 0.1,
"colorScheme": "VibrantTomLight",
"useAcrylic": true,
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"acrylicOpacity": 0.9
},
{
"guid": "{a3a2e83a-884a-5379-baa8-16f193a13b21}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell 7 Preview",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
}
]
},
// Add custom color schemes to this array.
// To learn more about color schemes, visit
https://aka.ms/terminal-color-schemes
"schemes": [
{
// Color Scheme: VibrantInk
"background" : "#000000",
"black" : "#878787",
"blue" : "#44B4CC",
"brightBlack" : "#555555",
"brightBlue" : "#0000FF",
"brightCyan" : "#19D1D8",
"brightGreen" : "#81EC0D",
"brightPurple" : "#FF00FF",
"brightRed" : "#FF0000",
"brightWhite" : "#E5E5E5",
"brightYellow" : "#FFD93D",
"cyan" : "#19D1D8",
"foreground" : "#FFFFFF",
"green" : "#CCFF04",
"name" : "VibrantInk",
"purple" : "#9933CC",
"red" : "#FF6600",
"white" : "#F5F5F5",
"yellow" : "#FFD93D"
},
{
// Color Scheme: VibrantTom
"background" : "#16171D",
"black" : "#878787",
"blue" : "#44B4CC",
"brightBlack" : "#E373C8",
"brightBlue" : "#0000FF",
"brightCyan" : "#19D1D8",
"brightGreen" : "#81EC0D",
"brightPurple" : "#FF00FF",
"brightRed" : "#FF0000",
"brightWhite" : "#E5E5E5",
"brightYellow" : "#FFD93D",
"cyan" : "#19D1D8",
"foreground" : "#FFFFFF",
"green" : "#CCFF04",
"name" : "VibrantTom",
"purple" : "#9933CC",
"red" : "#FF6600",
"white" : "#F5F5F5",
"yellow" : "#FFD93D"
},
{
// Color Scheme: PowerShellTom
"background" : "#012456",
"black" : "#000000",
"blue" : "#0000ff",
"brightBlack" : "#AAAAAA",
"brightBlue" : "#44B4CC",
"brightCyan" : "#19D1D8",
"brightGreen" : "#81EC0D",
"brightPurple" : "#FF00FF",
"brightRed" : "#FF0000",
"brightWhite" : "#E5E5E5",
"brightYellow" : "#FFD93D",
"cyan" : "#19D1D8",
"foreground" : "#FFFFFF",
"green" : "#00ff00",
"name" : "PowerShellTom",
"purple" : "#9933CC",
"red" : "#FF6600",
"white" : "#F5F5F5",
"yellow" : "#FFD93D"
},
{
// Color Scheme: Ubuntu
"background": "#2C001E",
"black": "#EEEEEC",
"blue": "#268BD2",
"brightBlack": "#002B36",
"brightBlue": "#839496",
"brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
"brightGreen": "#586E75",
"brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
"brightRed": "#CB4B16",
"brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
"brightYellow": "#657B83",
"cyan": "#2AA198",
"foreground": "#EEEEEC",
"green": "#729FCF",
"name": "Ubuntu",
"purple": "#D33682",
"red": "#16C60C",
"white": "#EEE8D5",
"yellow": "#B58900"
},
{
// Color Scheme: UbuntuLegit
"background": "#2C001E",
"black": "#4E9A06",
"blue": "#3465A4",
"brightBlack": "#555753",
"brightBlue": "#729FCF",
"brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
"brightGreen": "#8AE234",
"brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
"brightRed": "#EF2929",
"brightWhite": "#EEEEEE",
"brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
"cyan": "#06989A",
"foreground": "#EEEEEE",
"green": "#300A24",
"name": "UbuntuLegit",
"purple": "#75507B",
"red": "#CC0000",
"white": "#D3D7CF",
"yellow": "#C4A000"
},
{
// Color Scheme: Dracula
"background" : "#282A36",
"black" : "#21222C",
"blue" : "#BD93F9",
"brightBlack" : "#6272A4",
"brightBlue" : "#D6ACFF",
"brightCyan" : "#A4FFFF",
"brightGreen" : "#69FF94",
"brightPurple" : "#FF92DF",
"brightRed" : "#FF6E6E",
"brightWhite" : "#FFFFFF",
"brightYellow" : "#FFFFA5",
"cyan" : "#8BE9FD",
"foreground" : "#F8F8F2",
"green" : "#50FA7B",
"name" : "Dracula",
"purple" : "#FF79C6",
"red" : "#FF5555",
"white" : "#F8F8F2",
"yellow" : "#F1FA8C"
},
{
// Color Scheme: VibrantInkTom Light
"background" : "#EEEEEE",
"black" : "#878787",
"blue" : "#44B4CC",
"brightBlack" : "#595e68",
"brightBlue" : "#0000FF",
"brightCyan" : "#19D1D8",
"brightGreen" : "#3f953a",
"brightPurple" : "#FF00FF",
"brightRed" : "#FF0000",
"brightWhite" : "#E5E5E5",
"brightYellow" : "#FF6600",
"cyan" : "#44B4CC",
"foreground" : "#16171D",
"green" : "#3f953a",
"name" : "VibrantTomLight",
"purple" : "#9933CC",
"red" : "#FF6600",
"white" : "#F5F5F5",
"yellow" : "#FFD93D"
},
{
"name": "OneDark",
"black": "#1e2127",
"red": "#e06c75",
"green": "#98c379",
"yellow": "#d19a66",
"blue": "#61afef",
"purple": "#c678dd",
"cyan": "#56b6c2",
"white": "#abb2bf",
"brightBlack": "#5c6370",
"brightRed": "#e06c75",
"brightGreen": "#98c379",
"brightYellow": "#d19a66",
"brightBlue": "#61afef",
"brightPurple": "#c678dd",
"brightCyan": "#56b6c2",
"brightWhite": "#ffffff",
"background": "#1e2127",
"foreground": "#abb2bf",
"cursorColor": "#aaaaaa"
},
{
"name": "OneLight",
"black": "#000000",
"red": "#de3e35",
"green": "#3f953a",
"yellow": "#d2b67c",
"blue": "#2f5af3",
"purple": "#950095",
"cyan": "#3f953a",
"white": "#bbbbbb",
"brightBlack": "#000000",
"brightRed": "#de3e35",
"brightGreen": "#3f953a",
"brightYellow": "#44B4CC",
"brightBlue": "#2f5af3",
"brightPurple": "#a00095",
"brightCyan": "#3f953a",
"brightWhite": "#aaaaaa",
"background": "#f9f9f9",
"foreground": "#2a2c33",
"cursorColor": "#aaaaaa"
}
],
// Add custom keybindings to this array.
// To unbind a key combination from your defaults.json, set the
command to "unbound".
// To learn more about keybindings, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-
keybindings
"keybindings":
[
// Copy and paste are bound to Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V in
your defaults.json.
// These two lines additionally bind them to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
// To learn more about selection, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-
selection
{ "command":
{"action": "copy",
"singleLine": false },
"keys":
"ctrl+c"
},
{ "command": "paste", "keys": "ctrl+v" },
// Press Ctrl+Shift+F to open the search box
{ "command": "find", "keys": "ctrl+f" },
// Press Alt+Shift+D to open a new pane.
// - "split": "auto" makes this pane open in the direction that
provides the most surface area.
// - "splitMode": "duplicate" makes the new pane use the focused
pane's profile.
// To learn more about panes, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-panes
{ "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "auto", "splitMode":
"duplicate" }, "keys": "ctrl+shift+t" },
// Open New Tab
{"command":"newTab", "keys": "ctrl+t"}
]
}You can also find my customized Windows Terminal Settings settings.json here on GitHub Gist. I hope this helps you to customize your Windows Terminal. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and check out the documentation on the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, Azure Cloud Shell, and PowerShell 7. If you are interested in what’s new in PowerShell 7, check out my blog.
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