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Rendering settings in Windows Terminal

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The properties listed below affect the entire terminal window, regardless of the profile settings. These should be placed at the root of your settings.json file.

If you are thinking about changing the rendering settings, additional information is provided on the Troubleshooting page to help guide you.

Redraw entire screen when display updates

When this set to true, the terminal will redraw the entire screen each frame. When set to false, it will render only the updates to the screen between frames.

Property name: experimental.rendering.forceFullRepaint

Necessity: Optional

Accepts: true, false

Default value: false


Use software rendering

When this is set to true, the terminal will use the software renderer (a.k.a. WARP) instead of the hardware one.

Property name: experimental.rendering.software

Necessity: Optional

Accepts: true, false

Default value: false


Enable unfocused acrylic

When this is set to true, the terminal will attempt to use acrylic even when the window is unfocused. This will only work if acrylic is enabled in the OS, and in your profile. When set to false, acrylic will only be used when the window is focused (even if useAcrylic is set to true in a profile's unfocusedAppearance).

Property name: compatibility.enableUnfocusedAcrylic

Necessity: Optional

Accepts: true, false

Default value: true

Important

This feature is only available in Windows Terminal Preview.