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Feature request: option to hide tab icons #8157

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The "compact" tab width mode hides inactive tab titles and only shows icons for them. With multiple tabs of a same profile, it's hard to tell the difference without a descriptive title (which is controllable from the shell).

A "compact" thing means to pack enough information into a small space, often in an unattractive way. A workaround is to use a non-existent "icon" target for all profiles in settings.json, but that's hacky, and doesn't save enough space as expected. Let's compare Terminal and ConEmu, both snapped to the right half side of my screen:

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Thus I propose a new tab width mode, say "textOnly", that hides icons (even for the active tab) and shows compact titles only.

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    Area-SettingsIssues related to settings and customizability, for console or terminalArea-ThemingAnything related to the theming of elements of the windowHelp WantedWe encourage anyone to jump in on these.In-PRThis issue has a related PRIssue-TaskIt's a feature request, but it doesn't really need a major design.Needs-Tag-FixDoesn't match tag requirementsProduct-TerminalThe new Windows Terminal.good first issueThis is a fix that might be easier for someone to do as a first contribution

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