Open terminal from the right click context menu #11208

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opened 2026-01-31 02:41:29 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @mikson60 on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Add the ability to open the terminal by right clicking inside a folder and selecting terminal as the app to open.
This would mean the terminal is navigated to the directory in which this was opened in.

From the design perspective this would work exactly like opening git bash or powershell from the right click context menu.

It would allow quick navigation to the directory you are interested in.

Originally created by @mikson60 on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Add the ability to open the terminal by right clicking inside a folder and selecting terminal as the app to open. This would mean the terminal is navigated to the directory in which this was opened in. From the design perspective this would work exactly like opening git bash or powershell from the right click context menu. It would allow quick navigation to the directory you are interested in.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 02:41:29 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020):

This is something that's already supported today, however, due to an OS bug, it only works when you right click on an actual folder. You can't just right click in the "background" of a folder that's already open in explorer

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See also:

  • This query for all open bugs/tasks with the context menu item
  • /dup #1060 - the original issue, and its PR #6100
@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020): This is something that's already supported today, however, due to an OS bug, it only works when you right click on an actual folder. You can't just right click in the "background" of a folder that's already open in explorer ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/97550101-3a16cf80-199f-11eb-90bd-559f757e9adb.png) See also: * [This query](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AArea-ShellExtension) for all open bugs/tasks with the context menu item * /dup #1060 - the original issue, and its PR #6100
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 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 (Oct 29, 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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@mikson60 commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020):

Thank you!

@mikson60 commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2020): Thank you!
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Reference: starred/terminal#11208