Important This feature is only available in | Set your default terminal application To open any command line application with Windows Terminal, set it as your default terminal application |
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Add new profiles Windows Terminal will automatically create profiles for you if you have WSL distributions or multiple versions of PowerShell installed | Invoke the command palette You can invoke most features of Windows Terminal through the |
Open a new pane You can run multiple shells side-by-side using panes.
Learn more about dynamic profiles on the | |
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Configuration To customize the settings of your Windows Terminal, select Settings in the dropdown menu | Set your default terminal profile After installation, when you open Windows Terminal, it will start with the command line as the default profile in the open tab |
This will open the settings UI to configure your settings.
The default text editor is defined in your | From there, you can select which profile to open |
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Open a new tab You can open a new tab of the default profile by pressing Ctrl+ Shift+ T or by selecting the + plus button | These arguments let you open the terminal with specific tabs and panes with custom profile settings |
Tip If you prefer to configure your settings by editing a JSON file, select Settings in the dropdown menu while holding Shift.
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