Edit Windows consoles (Command Prompt and PowerShell) - Abdelrhman-AK/WinPaletter GitHub Wiki

1. Choose a console

  1. Click on this button

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  1. Select the console you want to modify

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2. Enable/Disable lock toggle

Make it checked to make WinPaletter apply changes to the console

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3. Parts

You can modify 4 aspects in consoles: colors, fonts, cursor and tweaks

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1. Colors

  • There are 16 colors sorted in tables from 0 to 15

  • Colors from 8 to 15 should be lighter than their relative colors from 0 to 7

  • You can choose colors from the lower track bars, choosing a number means choosing its associated color from colors tables

  • You can change background and foreground of both console and console pop-up

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2. Fonts

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  • You can change font type, weight and size

  • The only fonts you can select are monospaced (fixed pitch) fonts

  • You can force using other fonts by checking this, but the console will render these fonts wrongly

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  • Font weights can be Don't care, Thin, Extra Light, Light, Normal, Medium, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold and Heavy

  • These weights are not availabe for all fonts, if the selected font supports these weights, the console will render the font in the selected weight

  • Raster font toggle is a toggle to enable the classic pixelated (retro) font in console. Selecting it will ignore the selected font and weight, and font size will be replaced by a list of dimensions: 4×6, 6×8, 6×9, 8×8, 8×9, 16×8, 5×12, 7×12, 8×12, 16×12, 12×16 and 10×18

3. Cursors

  • You can change cursor size in all versions of Windows

  • You can change cursor color and style in Windows 10 1909 and later (provided that enhanced terminal is checked in 'Tweaks' section)

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  • There are 6 cursors styles:

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4. Tweaks

  • You can get use of tweaks if you are using Windows 10 1909 and later

  • The tweaks are: enhanced terminal, line selection, terminal scrolling and window opacity

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4. Actions

  1. Load: it will load current console preferences into current open WinPaletter theme, and will close this form so you can continue modifying other Windows aspects and finally press on Apply on main form to apply all aspects in the open theme.

  2. Quick apply: it will apply current console preferences instantly to test their real effects on system.

  3. Cancel: it will close this form without loading any modification made to the console

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5. Preview (Testing)

If you have pressed on 'Quick apply' or applied the whole theme, this button will open an instance of console so you can see the real effects of modifications you made.

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6. Optional External Terminal

Its modification is exactly the same as previous steps, except for terminal selection and applying

  1. Select a terminal in this list and press on Select button

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  1. Do your modifications

  2. Press on Manual apply

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