Add the ability to reorder the Terminal profiles #17690

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opened 2026-01-31 05:50:20 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @trparky on GitHub (Jun 12, 2022).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

When you click on the drop-down button to choose a Terminal profile to load be it PowerShell, Ubuntu, or Command Prompt, there's no way to re-order them in custom order. For instance, by default the first profile in the drop-down list is Command Prompt.

I had to go into the JSON file itself to re-order them, but I'd like to see the ability to re-order them in the program's GUI instead.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 05:50:20 +00:00
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@paradokx commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2022):

I have had to rearrange the order manually as well. Fully concur with @trparky this would surely be a sweet quality-of-life feature.

@paradokx commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2022): I have had to rearrange the order manually as well. Fully concur with @trparky this would surely be a sweet quality-of-life feature.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2022):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #8914 for more discussion.

/dup #8914

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2022): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #8914 for more discussion. /dup #8914
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2022):

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 (Jun 13, 2022): 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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@nikhil-swamix commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2023):

@trparky @paradokx if problem is severe and ur managing lot of profiles,
you may want to have a look at https://github.com/Nikhil-Software-Cartel/TerminalProfileManager
feel free to open PRs for roadmaps/improvements.

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/54004431/92367991-720f-4a18-9d15-fba71a029c79

@nikhil-swamix commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2023): @trparky @paradokx if problem is severe and ur managing lot of profiles, you may want to have a look at https://github.com/Nikhil-Software-Cartel/TerminalProfileManager feel free to open PRs for roadmaps/improvements. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/54004431/92367991-720f-4a18-9d15-fba71a029c79
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Reference: starred/terminal#17690