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hard to view the top right icons when Mica is enabled

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#15,434 opened on May 25, 2023

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.17.11391

Windows build number

10.0.22621.1778

Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

Create a custom theme and enable Mica:

        {
            "name": "Mica",
            "tab": 
            {
                "background": null,
                "showCloseButton": "always",
                "unfocusedBackground": null
            },
            "tabRow": 
            {
                "background": "#00000000",
                "unfocusedBackground": null
            },
            "window": 
            {
                "applicationTheme": "system",
                "useMica": true
            }
        }

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

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Research direction
Inspect how the title bar buttons are rendered when Mica is enabled. Check if there is a contrast issue with the icon colors and the Mica background. Look at the rendering code for the tab row and window frame.
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