App does not change appearance when window is inactive

[ghost]

Windows Terminal version

1.11.2921.0

Windows build number

19042.1348

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

• Open Windows Terminal
• Switch to another active window

Expected Behavior

• Windows Terminal window decorations and/or cursor indicate that the window is inactive

Actual Behavior

• Windows Terminal completely ignores the established behavior of LITERALLY EVERY GUI OS EVER, including YOUR OWN OS, to make sure you can't tell whether or not the window is active.

[zadjii-msft]

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #4862 for more discussion.

/dup #4862

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

[ghost]

Not a dupe. That issue is regarding customizability while this issue is regarding basic usability which is literally provided for you by your own OS but you choose not to use. Being able to distinguish active and inactive windows is just about the one thing that Microsoft has never screwed up with all your UI changes but you managed it, so congratulations.

[zadjii-msft]

It's a long weekend so I'll have a longer reply Monday, but you might want "showTabsInTitlebar": false, that'll bring bag the standard titlebar, and that'll still change appearance based on window focus. Or take a look at unfocusedAppearance.