In addition to these profiles, if you have any Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distributions installed, the terminal will automatically create profiles for those distros as well. Windows Terminal ships with Windows PowerShell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell profiles by default. When you first install Windows Terminal, you will be greeted with a Windows PowerShell prompt. At the time of this blog post, Windows Terminal is on version 1.3 and Windows Terminal Preview is on version 1.4. Let’s run through some tips and tricks that could help you set up your terminal in a way that’s perfect for you. If you are using the stable channel of the app, you can now update to version 1.11, which includes all these improvements.Windows Terminal comes with a lot of features that allow you to customize it and interact with it in a way that feels most comfortable to you. Windows Terminal 1.12 is now available as a preview with the new features mentioned above and several bug fixes, and you can download it from the Microsoft Store or GitHub.

When splitting a new pane, SplitState now accepts directional modifiers, and you can now open the system menu with Alt+Space, which uses the new openSystemMenu action. It’s now possible to enable the 'adjustIndistinguishableColors' profile setting to adjust the foreground color to make it more visible, based on the background color.

When using the terminal as an administrator, the window will now show a shield icon to the left of the tabs to make the window more distinguishable. In addition, you can now use the 'firstWindowPreference': 'persistedWindowLayout' option to enable the ability for the terminal to restore your previous tabs and panes after relaunching.įinally, the Windows Terminal app now supports full transparency on Windows 11.Īs for other general improvements, version 1.12 includes the ability to select the text printed in your buffer with the keyboard.

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