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Document Ctrl-A and Select All Capabilities (If it exists) #10384

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opened 2026-01-31 02:20:10 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:20:10 +00:00
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Originally created by @imanabu on GitHub (Aug 29, 2020).

I was unable to find any information on how to perform Select All capability with the Terminal. The current key bindings description describes Copy and Paste, but not Copy All (in the buffer).

Ctrl-A works to the extent that when I paste a line and perform Ctrl-A, it does select the entire line I have pasted.

The expected behavior is as you would get in the MacOS Terminal, that it will select everything in the buffer.

Originally created by @imanabu on GitHub (Aug 29, 2020). <!-- Briefly describe which document needs to be corrected and why. --> I was unable to find any information on how to perform Select All capability with the Terminal. The current key bindings description describes Copy and Paste, but not Copy All (in the buffer). Ctrl-A works to the extent that when I paste a line and perform Ctrl-A, it does select the entire line I have pasted. The expected behavior is as you would get in the MacOS Terminal, that it will select everything in the buffer.
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:20:11 +00:00
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2020):

I believe https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4993 covers this. Ctrl+Shift+A for selectAll is listed in the spec https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/2840.

Windows Terminal currently passes Ctrl+A to the session. If you run PowerShell there, then PSReadLine implements a Select All for Ctrl+A. But this is not available if you run Command Prompt instead.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Aug 29, 2020): I believe <https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4993> covers this. Ctrl+Shift+A for `selectAll` is listed in the spec <https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/2840>. Windows Terminal currently passes Ctrl+A to the session. If you run PowerShell there, then PSReadLine implements a Select All for Ctrl+A. But this is not available if you run Command Prompt instead.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:20:11 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020):

Indeed -- thanks for the comprehensive notes. /dup #4993.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020): Indeed -- thanks for the comprehensive notes. /dup #4993.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:20:12 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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