Windows Terminal

Modern tabbed terminal for Windows hosting PowerShell (PowerShell Cheat-Sheet), Command Prompt and WSL (WSL Cheat-Sheet).

Install Windows Terminal #

Windows Store: Windows Terminal, or winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

Keyboard Shortcuts #

Application commands #

SHORTCUT	ACTION
`Alt+F4`	Close window
`Ctrl+Shift+F`	Find
`Ctrl+Shift+Space`	Open dropdown
`Ctrl+,`	Open settings
`Ctrl+Shift+,`	Open settings.json
`Ctrl+Shift+P`	Command palette
`Alt+Enter` / `F11`	Toggle full screen

Tab commands #

SHORTCUT	ACTION
`Ctrl+Shift+D`	Duplicate tab
`Ctrl+Shift+T`	New tab
`Ctrl+Shift+1..9`	New tab from profile 1 to 9
`Ctrl+Tab`	Switch to next tab
`Ctrl+Shift+Tab`	Switch to previous tab
`Ctrl+Alt+1..9`	Switch to tab 1 to 9

Pane commands #

SHORTCUT	ACTION
`Alt+Shift+D`	Split pane automatically, same profile
`Alt+Shift+-`	Split pane horizontally
`Alt+Shift++`	Split pane vertically
`Alt+Shift+Arrows`	Resize pane
`Alt+Arrows`	Move pane focus
`Ctrl+Shift+W`	Close innermost pane, tab or window

Clipboard, scrollback and zoom #

SHORTCUT	ACTION
`Ctrl+Shift+C` / `Ctrl+Shift+V`	Copy / paste (plain `Ctrl+C` copies only when text is selected)
`Ctrl+Shift+Up` / `Down`	Scroll one line
`Ctrl+Shift+PgUp` / `PgDn`	Scroll one page
`Ctrl+=` / `Ctrl+-` / `Ctrl+0`	Increase / decrease / reset font size

Command Line #

powershell
wt                                      # open Windows Terminal
wt -d C:\src                            # start in a folder
wt -p "Ubuntu"                          # open a profile
wt new-tab -p "PowerShell" ; split-pane -p "Ubuntu"   # tab with a split pane

settings.json Tips #

json
{
  "defaultProfile": "{guid}",
  "profiles": {
    "defaults": { "font": { "face": "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font", "size": 11 } }
  },
  "copyOnSelect": true
}

A Nerd Font is needed for Starship icons (Starship Prompt).