Microsoft has unveiled two updates for its Windows Terminal, enhancing user experience through a series of bug fixes and minor improvements. The first update is for Windows Terminal 1.22, now available in the Stable Channel, while the second caters to Windows Terminal 1.23 Preview. While these updates do not introduce new features, they do include an apology to Canonical for inadvertently disrupting their icons.
Changelog Highlights
Among the notable fixes in these updates are solutions to issues that previously caused the Terminal to crash when closing multiple panes, as well as problems related to pasting text. Below are the detailed changelogs for both versions:
Windows Terminal 1.22.12111.0
- Improved session restoration for multiple profiles with the same name, ensuring the correct one is saved and restored.
- Resolved a pasting issue where holding down Ctrl would corrupt the first character.
- Fixed the problem of closing multiple panes, which previously sent the Terminal into an unresponsive state.
- Enhanced handling of TSF IMEs that requested problematic color combinations.
- Refined the “Clear Buffer” function to better preserve the cursor’s row position.
- Restored the ability for icons to reference HTTP URLs while a more permanent solution is developed.
- All accompanying DLLs, EXEs, and additional files now include proper version information resources, complete with names and locales.
Windows Terminal Preview 1.23.12102.0
- Similar improvements for session restoration of multiple profiles with identical names.
- Fixed the issue of closing multiple panes, preventing the Terminal from becoming unresponsive.
- Scrollbar marks will now appear without requiring scrolling or resizing actions.
- Eliminated crashes when using cooked read in the alternate screen buffer, such as with cmd.exe.
- Prevented duplication of variable names added to WSLENV.
- Improved handling of TSF IMEs that request inappropriate color combinations.
- Ensured that Terminal does not share sessions between two users on the same desktop.
- Enhanced reliability of Terminal as the default console host for incoming console applications, reducing unexpected crashes.
- Refined the “Clear Buffer” function for better cursor position preservation.
- Restored the ability for icons to reference HTTP URLs while a more permanent solution is in development.
- All accompanying DLLs, EXEs, and additional files now feature proper version information resources.
Users can conveniently update Windows Terminal via the Microsoft Store or access the preview version through GitHub.
