{"id":5937,"date":"2020-07-22T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2020-07-29T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:36:00","slug":"windows-terminal-preview-1-2-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/windows-terminal-preview-1-2-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Terminal Preview 1.2 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to another release of Windows Terminal! This release promotes the Windows Terminal Preview version 1.1<\/a> into Windows Terminal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Windows Terminal Preview<\/a> has new features for version 1.2 which will appear in Windows Terminal in August. You can download Windows Terminal Preview and Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store<\/a> or from the GitHub releases page<\/a>. Let’s dive into what’s new!<\/p>\n

Focus mode<\/h2>\n

There is a new feature called focus mode that hides the tabs and title bar. This mode will only display the terminal content. To enable focus mode, you can add a key binding for toggleFocusMode<\/code> in your settings.json file.<\/p>\n

This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n

{  \"command\": \"toggleFocusMode\", \"keys\": \"shift+f11\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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Always on top mode<\/h2>\n
In addition to focus mode, you can enable Windows Terminal Preview to always be the topmost window. This can be done with the alwaysOnTop<\/code> global setting as well as a key binding using the toggleAlwaysOnTop<\/code> command.<\/p>\n
These are not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
\/\/ Global setting\n\"alwaysOnTop\": true\n\n\/\/ Key binding\n{ \"command\": \"toggleAlwaysOnTop\", \"keys\": \"alt+shift+tab\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
New commands<\/h2>\n
New key binding commands have been added to give you more flexibility when interacting with your terminal.<\/p>\n
Set tab color<\/h4>\n
You can set the color of your focused tab with the setTabColor<\/code> command. This command uses the color<\/code> property to define which color you’d like, which accepts a color in hex format, i.e. #rgb or #rrggbb.<\/p>\n
This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
{ \"command\": { \"action\": \"setTabColor\", \"color\": \"#ffffff\" }, \"keys\": \"ctrl+a\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Open tab color picker<\/h4>\n
A new command has been added that allows you to open the tab color picker menu. This can be done with the openTabColorPicker<\/code> command. If you want to color a tab with your mouse, you can right click on the tab to access the color picker.<\/p>\n
This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
{ \"command\": \"openTabColorPicker\", \"keys\": \"ctrl+b\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Rename tab<\/h4>\n
You can rename the focused tab with the renameTab<\/code> command (thanks ggadget6<\/a>!). You can also right click or double click on the tab to rename it.<\/p>\n
This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
{ \"command\": { \"action\": \"renameTab\", \"title\": \"Foo\" }, \"keys\": \"ctrl+c\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Toggle retro terminal effects<\/h4>\n
You can toggle the retro terminal effects that add scanlines and a glow to the text with the toggleRetroEffect<\/code> command. This enables the experimental.retroTerminalEffect<\/code> profile setting.<\/p>\n
This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
{ \"command\": \"toggleRetroEffect\", \"keys\": \"ctrl+d\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Cascadia Code font weights<\/h2>\n
Cascadia Code<\/a> now has font weights! You can enable these font weights in Windows Terminal Preview by using the fontWeight<\/code> profile setting<\/a>. A huge shoutout goes to our font designer Aaron Bell<\/a> for making this happen!<\/p>\n
\"fontWeight\": \"light\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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Command palette update<\/h2>\n
The command palette is almost complete! We are currently ironing out a few more bugs, but if you’d like to play with it, you can add the commandPalette<\/code> command to your key bindings and invoke it using your keyboard. If you find any bugs, please file them on the GitHub repo<\/a>!<\/p>\n
This command is not bound by default.<\/em><\/p>\n
{ \"command\": \"commandPalette\", \"keys\": \"ctrl+shift+p\" }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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Settings UI design<\/h2>\n
We have been actively working on the settings UI and have narrowed down on a design. The design is pictured below and the spec can be found here<\/a>. We appreciate all feedback and we’ll be starting implementation very soon!<\/p>\n
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Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n
\u2b50 You can now use nt<\/code>, sp<\/code>, and ft<\/code> as command line arguments for new tab, split pane, and focus tab, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u2b50 We now have proper logos for high contrast mode (thanks jtippet<\/a>!).<\/p>\n
\u2b50 There are now warnings for pasting large amounts of text and text with multiple lines. More information on disabling these warnings can be found on the global settings docs page<\/a> (thanks greg904<\/a>!).<\/p>\n
Bug fixes<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\udc1b You can now run wt<\/code> as an Administrator from the Run dialog with Ctrl+Shift+Enter<\/kbd>.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc1b Printing large amounts of text in WSL is 20% faster!<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc1b The terminal will no longer scroll to the bottom when there is output if you are scrolled up or have a selection.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc1b The pseudoconsole will now forward colors and styles emitted by applications with higher fidelity, thus greatly improving color representation (thanks j4james<\/a>!).<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49 Note:<\/strong> If you’re seeing unexpected black bars when you use PowerShell, visit the troubleshooting page<\/a> on our docs site.<\/p>\n
Top contributors<\/h2>\n
We had a ton of great contributions this month and we would like to recognize those who have made an impact!<\/p>\n
Contributors who opened the most non-duplicate issues<\/h2>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 j4james<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 trajano<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 musm<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 jtippet<\/a><\/p>\n
Contributors who created the most merged pull requests<\/h2>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 j4james<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 jtippet<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 lhecker<\/a><\/p>\n
Contributors who provided the most comments on pull requests<\/h2>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 greg904<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 AnuthaDev<\/a><\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfc6 lhecker<\/a><\/p>\n
Until next time<\/h2>\n
For full documentation on all Windows Terminal settings, you can visit our docs site<\/a>. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out to Kayla (@cinnamon_msft<\/a>) on Twitter. For any bug reports or feature requests, please file an issue on GitHub<\/a>. We hope you like our latest updates and we’ll see you at the next one!<\/p>\n
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