Windows Terminal Custom Prompt!

[neo2023]

Hi forum,

Does anybody know how I can set the Terminal prompt like the image below? Clock at the beginning with a white and green (Aqua) highlight on the text.

[Steven P. Administrators]

I don't know about the clock, but the colors can be manipulated through the Properties dialog of PowerShell

This site talks about the "new" Terminal tab which includes experimental features, https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/new-experimental-console-features/ so it could have been something that was there and then removed, or some other trick is needed to get the Clock prefix.

[Spannercrank]

I believe this is done with Oh My Posh which is a prompt theme engine.

Check out Oh My Posh.

 

 

[binaryzero]

+1 Oh My Posh\Powerlines. 

Been using it for years...

[+DonC Subscriber²]

On PowerShell you can define a "prompt" function to do that kind of thing but the OP is using the command shell.

EDIT: Just realised it was a Neowin screenshot and not OP's actual shell. Oh My Posh is good advice.

[neo2023]

On 26/05/2023 at 11:58, Steven P. said:

I don't know about the clock, but the colors can be manipulated through the Properties dialog of PowerShell

This site talks about the "new" Terminal tab which includes experimental features, https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/new-experimental-console-features/ so it could have been something that was there and then removed, or some other trick is needed to get the Clock prefix.

Thanks. I think you are talking about CMD/PowerShell, not the (Windows) Terminal. The Terminal doesn't have such right-click menu, it has a "Settings", and by clicking on it, it goes to the Terminal setting page that has nothing about the feature.

On 26/05/2023 at 15:16, binaryzero said:

+1 Oh My Posh\Powerlines. 

Been using it for years...

Thanks. I'm not a power user of the command line. I use it for some CLI apps (like FFMPEG). I love this theme. Could you help me to make my Terminal prompt like the original SS above (from NeoWin)? I can add the clock by this command: prompt $T$H$H$H$S$P$. I know nothing more!

 

On 26/05/2023 at 16:16, DonC said:

On PowerShell you can define a "prompt" function to do that kind of thing but the OP is using the command shell.

EDIT: Just realised it was a Neowin screenshot and not OP's actual shell. Oh My Posh is good advice.

It's (Windows) Terminal. The SS is about Terminal version 1.17 (NeoWin blog post).

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-terminal-preview-117-now-out-with-mica-support-and-process-restart/

[adrynalyne]

I use Starship.

 

[neo2023]

On 26/05/2023 at 18:10, adrynalyne said:

I use Starship.

I don't use 3rd-party app. The Neowin post uses Windows Terminal (like me). I think it has been modified by some "Prompt" command in "Environment Variables".

[neufuse Veteran]

On 26/05/2023 at 10:57, neo2023 said:

I don't use 3rd-party app. The Neowin post uses Windows Terminal (like me). I think it has been modified by some "Prompt" command in "Environment Variables".

all the ones you see are from oh-my-post, there is even articles on MS's site on how to set it up

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/custom-prompt-setup

[neo2023]

@neufuseThanks. Is that work for CMD? The blog post says it's for "Powershell" and "WSL".

[Spannercrank]

I now notice that it is CMD this is being used and not Powershell.

There is a way to modify the CMD prompt;

prompt | Microsoft Learn

Try this in cmd;

prompt $c$t$f$g$p$g

I didn't get it exactly the same as in your screen shot. Still trying to get the last piece.

Ok. Got it.

prompt $c$t$f$g$p$g$_%username%@%computername%$g

 

Edited May 26, 2023 by Spannercrank

[neo2023]

@Spannercrank Many thanks. Yours is closer to the Neowin SS. I think I have to ask the post author, but I don't know if he is here (in this forum)!

[Spannercrank]

On 26/05/2023 at 12:37, neo2023 said:

@Spannercrank Many thanks. Yours is closer to the Neowin SS. I think I have to ask the post author, but I don't know if he is here (in this forum)!

Try this one;

prompt $c$t$f$g$p$g$_%username%@%computername%$g

[neo2023]

@Spannercrank Cool 🤩. Did you find out anything about the highlight (white on the clock and aqua in the username)?

[adrynalyne]

On 26/05/2023 at 07:57, neo2023 said:

I don't use 3rd-party app. The Neowin post uses Windows Terminal (like me). I think it has been modified by some "Prompt" command in "Environment Variables".

I’m using Windows Terminal as well. 
 

https://starship.rs/

 

[Spannercrank]

On 26/05/2023 at 13:00, neo2023 said:

@Spannercrank Cool 🤩. Did you find out anything about the highlight (white on the clock and aqua in the username)?

Working on it.

[Spannercrank]

On 26/05/2023 at 13:30, Spannercrank said:

Working on it.

I don't think I got one of the colors exactly right but try this;

prompt $e[30m$e[47m$c$t$f$e[37m$e[46m$g$p$e[36m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g

 

[neo2023]

On 26/05/2023 at 21:17, Spannercrank said:

I don't think I got one of the colors exactly right but try this;

prompt $e[30m$e[47m$c$t$f$e[37m$e[46m$g$p$e[36m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g

Oh God!!! You are a genius 😍👏🏻... Many many thanks. You would be God if you find out the aqua colour and the brackets code. Thanks... 👍🏻

On 26/05/2023 at 21:17, Spannercrank said:

 

 

[+DonC Subscriber²]

On 26/05/2023 at 18:54, neo2023 said:

Oh God!!! You are a genius 😍👏🏻... Many many thanks. You would be God if you find out the aqua colour and the brackets code. Thanks... 👍🏻

 

You can get the aqua colour with a 24 bit colour code:

prompt $e[30m$e[47m$c$t$f$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g

The 24 bit version of the background colour change is the following bit. You can adjust the RGB values (Red 0, Green 128, Blue 128 in the examples above) from 0 to 255 to fine tune it. Substitute "48" with "38" to change the foreground colour instead of the background colour.

$e[48;2;0;128;128m

 

[Spannercrank]

On 26/05/2023 at 14:28, DonC said:

You can get the aqua colour with a 24 bit colour code:

prompt $e[30m$e[47m$c$t$f$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g

The 24 bit version of the background colour change is the following bit. You can adjust the RGB values (Red 0, Green 128, Blue 128 in the examples above) from 0 to 255 to fine tune it. Substitute "48" with "38" to change the foreground colour instead of the background colour.

$e[48;2;0;128;128m

 

I was wondering why I could not get the color right. Thanks.

Here is the final version with the square brackets;

prompt $e[30m$e[47m[$t]$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g
 

 

[neo2023]

On 26/05/2023 at 21:58, DonC said:

You can get the aqua colour with a 24 bit colour code:

prompt $e[30m$e[47m$c$t$f$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g

The 24 bit version of the background colour change is the following bit. You can adjust the RGB values (Red 0, Green 128, Blue 128 in the examples above) from 0 to 255 to fine tune it. Substitute "48" with "38" to change the foreground colour instead of the background colour.

$e[48;2;0;128;128m

 

Co0o0o0o0o0o0l 🥳... Many thanks for the colour code.

On 26/05/2023 at 22:04, Spannercrank said:

I was wondering why I could not get the color right. Thanks.

Here is the final version with the square brackets;

prompt $e[30m$e[47m[$t]$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$_%username%$e[37m@$e[32m%computername%$e[37m$g
 

 

Many many many thanks 🥳👍🏻👌🏻. I removed "%username%" and "%computername%" but it didn't remove the second line. Do you know how we can remove it?

[Spannercrank]

On 26/05/2023 at 14:45, neo2023 said:

Co0o0o0o0o0o0l 🥳... Many thanks for the colour code.

Many many many thanks 🥳👍🏻👌🏻. I removed "%username%" and "%computername%" but it didn't remove the second line. Do you know how we can remove it?

From the end of the prompt line remove up to and including the $_.

So you should have;

prompt $e[30m$e[47m[$t]$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m

 

[neo2023]

@Spannercrank Thanks 👍🏻. My last question. I see the command text and background colour I type is changing to a new colour (Aqua text on Black Background). Should it be there, or can I change it to the default (Terminal's default colours)?

[+DonC Subscriber²]

On 26/05/2023 at 20:07, neo2023 said:

@Spannercrank Thanks 👍🏻. My last question. I see the command text and background colour I type is changing to a new colour (Aqua text on Black Background). Should it be there, or can I change it to the default (Terminal's default colours)?

For that you need to put the colour reset code on the end:

prompt $e[30m$e[47m[$t]$e[37m$e[48;2;0;128;128m$g$p$e[38;2;0;128;128m$e[40m$g$e[96m$e[0m

[neo2023]

@Spannercrank and @DonC , Many many thanks guys. You made my day. 🙏🏻