Appendix Windows Terminal Actions

We covered a subset of Windows Terminal actions in both Chapter 6, Setting up keyboard shortcuts, and Chapter 7, Hidden Windows Terminal Actions. This Appendix lists all the actions that are available as of Windows Terminal 1.6.

As a reminder, the syntax for binding a Windows Terminal action to a keyboard shortcut is as follows:

{

  "command": {

    "action": "actionName",

    "property": "value"

  },

  "keys": "keyboard+shortcut"

}

Here, property is one or more unique properties that belong to the action. Let's look at an example:

{

  "command": {

    "action": "splitPane",

    "split": "auto"

  },

  "keys": "alt+shift+d"

}

In this example, the split property can only be used with the "splitPane" action. If ...

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