Style windows terminal theme

In this post, we are going to perform a set of steps to make the terminal look like this.

Install Windows Terminal

• from Windows store (preferred method)

  Install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store.

• from GitHub

  The application can be downloaded via github.

• via Chocolatey

  choco install microsoft-windows-terminal

Theming Windows PowerShell

Now we are going to use oh-my-posh to theme our terminal.

1. Open PowerShell and run.

   Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
   Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser

2. Enable the prompt:

   # Start the default settings
   Set-Prompt
   # Alternatively set the desired theme:
   Set-Theme Agnoster

3. then install PSReadLine

   Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowPrerelease -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck

4. To enable the engine to edit your PowerShell profile:

   if (!(Test-Path -Path $PROFILE )) { New-Item -Type File -Path $PROFILE -Force }
   notepad $PROFILE

5. Append the following lines to your PowerShell profile:

   Import-Module posh-git
   Import-Module oh-my-posh
   Set-Theme Agnoster

6. Download cascadia code font and install it (.ttf).

   open your terminal and then settings. It will open a JSON file(profiles.json) in a text editor. Update the first item from the list array.

   

   {
       // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
       "guid": "{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}",
       "name": "Windows PowerShell",
       "commandline": "powershell.exe",
       "hidden": false,
       "fontFace": "CascadiaCode Nerd Font",
       "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
       "cursorShape": "bar",
       "fontSize": 12,
       "background": "#232524"
   },

You should be able to see the changes in your terminal.

Next

There are many themes available to try as listed in the theming engine page or you can create a new theme.

Good luck in exploring new themes.