Microsoft announced the release of Windows Terminal Preview 1.3 version. The new features that this version brings include:
Command palette
This new function can be used to search all available commands in Windows Terminal , similar to the same function in Visual Studio Code.
The command panel has two modes: action mode and command line mode . Action mode is the default mode and will list all Windows Terminal commands. You can enter the command line mode by typing >, and then enter any wt command, which will be invoked in the current window.
You can also customize the actions to be added to the command palette by adding commands to the settings.json file. Your key bindings should automatically fill the command panel.
Advanced tab switcher
Advanced tag switcher makes it easier to navigate between tags. This feature is enabled by default using the useTabSwitcher global setting. When enabled, the nextTab and prevTab commands will use the tag switcher. By default, these keyboard shortcuts are Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab.
Label color settings
You can now specify the tab color for each profile. This can be done by adding the tabColor setting to the configuration file and setting it to the color in hexadecimal format.
Tip: Set the tab color to the same color as the background for a seamless experience.
New command
Some new commands have been added, which can be added to the key bindings of the settings.json file. By default, the following commands are not bound.
wt command as key binding
Added the ability to execute wt.exe command line parameters using key bindings. This can be done with the wt command. The commandline attribute defines the command line parameters you want to call on the current window.
// This command opens a new tab with PowerShell in a pane, a vertical pane running the Command Prompt profile in the C:\ directory, and a horizontal pane running the Ubuntu profile.{ "command": { "action": "wt", "commandline": "new-tab pwsh.exe ; split-pane -p \"Command Prompt\"-d C:\\ ; split-pane -p \"Ubuntu\"-H" }, "keys": "ctrl+a" }
Send input to the shell
If you want to use keyboard shortcuts to send input to the shell, you can use the sendInput command to send input.
// This command navigates backwards through the shell history.{ "command": { "action": "sendInput", "input": "\u001b[A" }, "keys": "ctrl+b" }
Tag search
When many tab pages are opened, you can use the tabSearch command to search for tabs in the new search box.
{ "command": "tabSearch", "keys": "ctrl+c" }
Change the color scheme
You can use the setColorScheme command to set the color scheme of the active window.
{ "command": { "action": "setColorScheme", "name": "Campbell" }, "keys": "ctrl+d" }Bug fixes
You can now specify the type of format to be copied.
Profiles with an index greater than 9 will now display their shortcuts correctly in the drop-down list.
altGrAliasing: false will no longer destroy AltGr
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