Question 1

What is Windows Terminal?

Accepted Answer

The Windows Terminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.

Question 2

How do I open the command palette in Windows Terminal?

Accepted Answer

Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command palette. Microsoft Learn also notes that you can customize this shortcut by adding the commandPalette command to your key bindings.

Question 3

Where do I change keybindings in Windows Terminal?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft documents that actions are stored in the actions array and keybindings are stored in the keybindings array. You can open the settings UI with Ctrl+, or open the settings JSON file directly with Ctrl+Shift+,.

Question 4

What does mark mode do in Windows Terminal?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Learn says the markMode action toggles a mode where a selection starts at the cursor position. In mark mode, you can move the cursor with the keyboard and press Enter to copy the active selection.

Action	Hotkey
Paste from clipboard	`Ctrl`+`VCtrl`+`Shift`+`VShift`+`Insert`
Copy selected text	`Ctrl`+`CCtrl`+`Shift`+`CCtrl`+`InsertEnter`
Toggle mark mode	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`
Select all text	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`A`

Action	Hotkey
Paste from clipboard	`Ctrl`+`VCtrl`+`Shift`+`VShift`+`Insert`
Copy selected text	`Ctrl`+`CCtrl`+`Shift`+`CCtrl`+`InsertEnter`
Toggle mark mode	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`
Select all text	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`A`

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What is Windows Terminal?

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Where do I change keybindings in Windows Terminal?

What does mark mode do in Windows Terminal?

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