microsoft/Terminal

unfocusedAppearance cursorShape doesn't work

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#10,215 opened on May 26, 2021

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Area-SettingsArea-TerminalControlHelp WantedIssue-BugPriority-3Product-Terminal

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Description

Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)

1.8.1444.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

settings.json:

{
    ...
    "profiles":
    {
        "defaults":
        {
            ...
            "cursorShape": "filledBox",
            "unfocusedAppearance": {
                "cursorShape": "emptyBox"
            }
        },
        ...
    },
    ...
}

Open Windows Terminal and some other application (e.g. Explorer) and move to that application so that Windows Terminal is unfocused.

Expected Behavior

Cursor changes to empty box.

Actual Behavior

Cursor disappears which makes the setting useless.

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Research direction
Investigate the handling of cursor shape in unfocused appearance. Trace the code path for cursor rendering when the terminal loses focus.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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