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Microsoft today released a new version of Windows Terminal that adds long-awaited functionality to create and use custom themes.

Currently, users can only create themes by editing the Windows Terminal global JSON settings file to change the background color of tabs and tab rows and choose between window themes. light and dark terminal.

After adding a new theme configuration to the JSON file, it will automatically appear in the Settings > App Appearance Settings page.

“themes is a global property that can contain a variety of theme objects, which will appear in the Theme drop-down list on the Settings UI Appearance page,” Windows Terminal Program Manager Kayla Cinnamon Explain.

“Themes can only be changed using the JSON file, but they will appear in the Theme dropdown in the settings UI.”

To add your own custom themes, you’ll need to install the latest version of the app, Windows Terminal Preview 1.16.

The new version also adds updated default colors and sets the dark theme as the default theme instead of following the default Windows system theme.

“We’ve changed some of the default colors in Windows Terminal for a more consistent look. Additionally, we’re defaulting Terminal to use a dark theme, rather than following the system theme,” Cinnamon added.

Microsoft unveiled the windows terminal at the May 2019 Build Developer Conference and officially launched two months laterin July.

Unlike the current default terminal app, Windows Terminal supports multiple console tabs. It also lets you choose between the cmd shell, PowerShell, and Linux distribution shells installed through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Since August, Microsoft has also made windows terminal the default terminal in Windows 11 Insider “Dev” preview builds.

“During 2022, we plan to make Windows Terminal the default experience on Windows 11 devices,” said Kayla Cinnamon, Windows Terminal program manager. said.

You can install Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Overview from the official Microsoft Store, the GitHub releases pageor using the Windows Package Manager command-line tool (winget).