microsoft/Terminal

Open new tab with random color.

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#12,412 opened on Feb 7, 2022

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently we have to manualy assign color to a tab when we open one. If there is feature which can assign random color to a new tab then it will be a good. First it looks cool and second it easy easiar to navigate to tabs.

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Research direction
Explore the tab creation code in Terminal to understand how colors are assigned, then implement a random color assignment on tab creation.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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65