Using actions for visual effects

Windows Terminal currently has several hidden commands for managing visual effects. These commands are likely to be used rarely, but let's explore them anyway.

setColorScheme

From our example at the beginning of the chapter, we found that setColorScheme is an available action, with a colorScheme parameter. It does not have an associated keyboard shortcut. If we wanted to change our Windows Terminal color scheme with a keyboard shortcut (for example, Ctrl + Alt + S), we could add the following configuration:

{
  "command": {
    "action": "setColorScheme",
    "colorScheme": "Solarized Light"
  },
  "keys": "ctrl+alt+s"
},

This can be useful to switch between the light and dark modes of the same theme, for example, Solarized Light and Solarized Dark. Each theme could be associated with a separate...