* Amends user-docs procedure Amends docs procedure for `Running a Different Shell`: * Adds an overview sentence. * Adds some light rephrasing. * Proposes using the countersink arrow `⌵` to depict the `down` GUI element. * Adds link to WSL installation guide
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Windows Terminal User Documentation
NOTE: At the time of writing Windows Terminal is still under active development and many things will change. If you notice an error in the docs, please raise an issue. Or better yet, please file a PR with an appropriate update!
Installing Windows Terminal
From Source Code
Follow the instructions in this repo's README.
From the Microsoft Store
- Make sure you have upgraded to the current Windows 10 release (at least 1903)
- Search for Windows Terminal in the Store
- Review the minimum system settings to ensure you can successfully install Windows Terminal
- Install in the normal fashion
Starting Windows Terminal
From the Windows Start menu, select Windows Terminal and run the application.
Note: You can right click on the application item and run with Windows Administrator privilege if required.
The default shell is PowerShell.
Command line options
None at this time. See issue #607
Multiple Tabs
Additional shells can be started by hitting the +
button from the tab bar -- a new instance of the
default shell is displayed (default shortcut Ctrl+Shift+1
).
Running a Different Shell
Note: This section assumes you already have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installed. For more information, see the installation guide.
Windows Terminal uses PowerShell as its default shell. You can also use Windows Terminal to launch other shells, such as cmd.exe
or WSL's bash
:
- In the tab bar, click the
⌵
button to view the available shells. - Choose your shell from the dropdown list. The new shell session will open in a new tab.
To customize the shell list, see the Configuring Windows Terminal section below.
Starting a new PowerShell tab with admin privilege
There is no current plan to support this feature for security reasons. See issue #623
Using cut and paste in the Terminal window
With PowerShell
- Copy - Select the text with mouse (default left button), then right click with mouse
- Paste - by default use
<ctrl>+v
>, or right click with mouse
With Bash
- Copy - Select the text with mouse (default left button), then right click with mouse
- Paste - Right click with mouse
Add a "Open Windows Terminal Here" to File Explorer
Not currently supported "out of the box". See issue #1060
Configuring Windows Terminal
At the time of writing all Windows Terminal settings are managed via a json file.
From the down
button in the top bar select Settings (default shortcut Ctrl+,
).
Your default json editor will open up the Terminal settings file. The file can be found
at $env:LocalAppData\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_<randomString>/RoamingState
An introduction to the various settings can be found here.
The list of valid settings can be found in the Profiles.json Documentation doc.
Tips and Tricks:
-
In PowerShell you can discover if the Windows Terminal is being used by checking for the existence of the environment variable
WT_SESSION
.Under pwsh you can also use
(Get-Process -Id $pid).Parent.Parent.ProcessName -eq 'WindowsTerminal'
(ref https://twitter.com/r_keith_hill/status/1142871145852440576)
-
Terminal zoom can be changed by holding
Ctrl
and scrolling with mouse. -
If
useAcrylic
is enabled in profiles.json, background opacity can be changed by holdingCtrl+Shift
and scrolling with mouse. -
Please add more Tips and Tricks