Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 is now available, the first preview version of 2024. Several changes were introduced, such as automatically deferring package updates when Windows Terminal is running, support for colorful and crazy line styles, changes to how search results are highlighted, and a host of usability updates and bug fixes.
Keep long-running tasks running
The Microsoft Store will now avoid updating Windows Terminal while in use. With some new enhancements from the Store team, Terminal has chosen not to automatically terminate updates for Windows versions. This behavior is not configurable, a move the project team believes will be better for users in the long run.
line
Windows Terminal can now display colored underlines, wavy lines, dashed lines, dotted lines, and double underlines.
SGR 58 and SGR 4 can be used for testing. Example:
"`e[58:2::255:192:203m`e[4:3mCheck out this cool sentence with colorful curly lines!`e[m"
"`e[58:2::255:192:203m`e[4:2mCheck out this cool sentence with colorful double lines!`e[m"
"`e[58:2::255:0:0m`e[4:2mCheck out this cool sentence`e[4:3m with a bunch`e[58:2::135:206:235m of lines styles `e[4:5mand colors!`e[m"Search results highlighted
When users search for text in the terminal, all search results will now be highlighted.
Performance improvements
Greatly improved the performance and correctness of HTML and RTF copy.
Accessibility improvements
Updated the "Settings UI Color Schemes" page to include RGB values in tooltip and screen reader announcements.
More details can be found on the official blog .