Terminal: Feature Request: Key binding for "New Window"

[quank123wip]

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

• Default Hot key for call the Terminal such as Ctrl+Shift+T.

• Custom Hot Key to call different Environments.

Technical implementation details

None yet.

[zadjii-msft]

Do you possibly mean #653?

[quank123wip]

Do you possibly mean #653?

No, just call a new window,just like konsole

[zadjii-msft]

Oh, so just a keybinding for opening a new window? Yea we should do that.

[DHowett-MSFT]

I've renamed this to capture what I think it means.

[DHowett-MSFT]

Triaged. We need to think about what it means for terminal to _have_ multiple windows. This will also impact how we do tab tearoff.

[DHowett-MSFT]

When we do this, we should consider supporting shift-click on the + button to open a new window.

[quank123wip]

When we do this, we should consider supporting shift-click on the + button to open a new window.

Maybe we should provide a setting?

[DHowett-MSFT]

Why would that setting be turned off? What’s the alternative scenario?

[ffes]

Note that in #2320 I suggested the Shift+Click on an entry in the list of profiles to open a new window as well.

[ffes]

Maybe we should provide a setting?

To make a normal click on the button / entry in the list of profiles open a new window and shift-click open a new tab you mean? So swap the behavior.

That could very well become my personal preference :wink:

[NeKJ]

Plus one for this request. It should be implemented for many reasons, but mostly because it will save lots of time for lots of people that are used it to be there. I suggest Ctrl+Shift+n for this.

Just spawn a new instance of WT, that way there will be no worries for window management or tab-tear down, I think this is how all other terminals are doing it.

[quank123wip]

Plus one for this request. It should be implemented for many reasons, but mostly because it will save lots of time for lots of people that are used it to be there. I suggest Ctrl+Shift+n for this.

Just spawn a new instance of WT, that way there will be no worries for window management or tab-tear down, I think this is how all other terminals are doing it.

Maybe many people have ever used linux desktop will like using Ctrl+Alt+T?

[SlapBot]

+1, Been quite some time in the feature request, has anyone come up with a way to replicate the feature request without downloading/installing any 3rd party library?

I am migrating from Linux to Windows and hotkey to open up new windows terminal is one of my most used shortcuts! Any temporary fix for now to circumvent the problem and open WT doing Ctrl + Alt + T

Btw, I have been doing Win + 1 for now by putting WT as the first app in the taskbar.

[damnskippy]

In case anyone else benefits from this, here's a brilliant workaround suggested by @zadjii-msft here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6200#issuecomment-633996276

[bschaepper]

Building on the solution of @zadjii-msft that @damnskippy referenced, heres how to open a new WSL window:
{ "command": { "action": "newTab", "commandline":"wt.exe new-tab -p <your profile name>" }, "keys": [ "ctrl+shift+n" ] }

[quank123wip]

I think we need a better solution here. All workarounds are no use when the Windows Terminal isn't running, and for top-down(or drag-down) terminal, we also need a solution to start a new Windows Terminal instance. I think we'd better implement a guard process start when the system boot up. That should be in the Terminal v2.0 Milestone or any other Milestone before this feature.

[zadjii-msft]

@quank123wip I think what' you're actually looking for is #653

[quank123wip]

@quank123wip I think what' you're actually looking for is #653

Actually, I think both this feature and that need a same solution about auto start when system boots.

[zadjii-msft]

@quangkieu Hey wadda ya know, that's already a setting we support. See startOnUserLogin