microsoft/Terminal

Custom Visual Bell

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#13,923 opened on Sep 4, 2022

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Description

Allowing User Customization of the Visual Bell

I came across this thread in which custom bell sounds were added, and realized that it could also be useful to customize the visual bell as well. I think the most straightforward customizations would be:

  1. Allow changing the color, intensity, and duration of the default behavior (for instance, a normally black terminal flashing red briefly instead of grey) and/or
  2. Adding, or overriding any background image with one indicating failure (see below) image

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Research direction
Examine the existing visual bell implementation in the Terminal's rendering pipeline and settings model. Look for how other customizations (e.g., bell sound) are handled as a template. Then propose changes to settings schema and UI for color, duration, intensity customization.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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70