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New panes should inherit the tab color of the active pane when they're split

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#18,930 opened on May 20, 2025

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.22.11141.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.4061

Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Close all instances of Microsoft Terminal
  2. Open a cmd prompt or Powershell
  3. Run this command:
  • CMD: wt new-tab -p "Windows PowerShell" --tabColor "#FF0000" --title "Hello World" ; split-pane -p "Windows PowerShell"
  • Powershell: wt new-tab -p "Windows PowerShell" --tabColor "#FF0000" --title "Hello World" ; split-pane -p "Windows PowerShell"

Expected Behavior

The resulting tab in Terminal should have the correct title and color set from command line.

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Actual Behavior

The resulting tab in Terminal has the default title and color (not the ones defined in the command line).

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If you run the same commands but with a semicolon at the end:

  • CMD: wt new-tab -p "Windows PowerShell" --tabColor "#FF0000" --title "Hello World" ; split-pane -p "Windows PowerShell" ;
  • Powershell: wt new-tab -p "Windows PowerShell" --tabColor "#FF0000" --title "Hello World" ; split-pane -p "Windows PowerShell" ; Then the resulting tab in Terminal have the correct title and color set from command line (and in addition, it opens another default terminal tab).

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This is also the case using "startupActions" inside settings.json`:

  • ❌ bugged: "new-tab -p \"Windows PowerShell\" --tabColor \"#FF0000\" --title \"Hello World\" ; split-pane -p \"Windows PowerShell\""
  • ✅ okay: "new-tab -p \"Windows PowerShell\" --tabColor \"#FF0000\" --title \"Hello World\" ; split-pane -p \"Windows PowerShell\" ;"

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