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Windows 11 Title Bar Inconsistencies
In title bars I noticed a number of inconsistencies. I use dark mode. The setting in Personalization > Colors have both "Show accent color on Start and taskbar" and "Show accent color on title bars and windows borders". Most apps show my selected color in title bars. When I open File Explorer, Settings, Microsoft Store, Notepad, Office, and probably other MS related apps, only the border of the window may show my selected color. A handful of third party apps show the same thing. I know that a few updates ago, MS swapped the positions of the tool bar and address bar and added tabs for File Explorer. I don't know if that messed anything up. Are there different types of title bars?
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Windows uses "title bars" as the top strip of a window, which can display the window title, control buttons (minimize, maximize, close), and sometimes tabs (like in File Explorer or browsers).
Your observation about different apps shows that Windows’ theming engine isn't uniformly applying accent colors across all app types and UI elements. This is a common situation, especially with the mix of legacy and modern UI elements, and recent Windows updates.
