windows-terminal-cheatsheet.md

Table of Contents

• Windows Terminal CheatSheet for Developers

  • Application Commands
  • Tab Commands
  • Pane Commands
  • Clipboard Commands
  • Scrollback Commands
  • Visual Adjustments Commands
  • Custom­izing key bindings
  • Further info

Windows Terminal CheatSheet for Developers

Application Commands

Command	Description
Alt-F4	Close window
Ctrl-S­hift-f	Find
Ctrl-S­hif­t-Space	Open dropdown
Ctrl-,	Open settings file
Alt-Enter F11	Toggle full screen

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Tab Commands

Command	Description
Ctrl-S­hift-d	Duplicate tab
Ctrl-S­hift-t	New tab
Ctrl-S­hift-p	New tab from profile p=1..9
Ctrl-Tab	Switch to next tab
Ctrl-S­hif­t-Tab	Switch to prev tab
Ctrl-Alt-n	Switch to tab n=0..9

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Pane Commands

Command	Description
Alt-Sh­ift-d	Split pane optimally. Active profile.
Alt-Sh­ift--	Split pane horizontally. Default profile.
Alt-Sh­ift-+	Split pane vertically. Default profile.
Alt-Shift	Resize pane
Alt	Move pane focus
Ctrl-S­hift-w	Close innermost pane,tab, or window

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Clipboard Commands

Command	Description
Ctrl-c	Copy
Ctrl-v	Paste

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Scrollback Commands

Command	Description
Ctrl-S­hift-up	Scroll up.
Ctrl-S­hif­t-down	Scroll down.
Ctrl-S­hif­t-pgup	Scroll page up
Ctrl-S­hif­t-pgdn	Scroll page down

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Visual adjustment Commands

Command	Description
Ctrl-=	Increase font size
Ctrl--	Decrease font size
Ctrl-0	Reset font size

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Customizing key bindings

Command	Description
User Settings	All custom­iza­tions are set in settin­gs.json, as found via the Settings menu. No GUI is available in v1.0.
Defaults	Hold the Alt-key while pressing the Settings menu to open defaul­ts.json. This is useful when building your own settin­g.json!
Keys	Key bindings are set in the "­key­bin­din­gs" block as: { "­com­man­d":"c­mdN­ame­", "­key­s":"m­od+­key­"}
Actions	Some commands take additional action arguments to modify the behaviour.

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Further info

Info	Description
Windows Terminal docs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/
Custom key bindings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/actions/

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