Implement Cascading Menu in "Open in Terminal (Preview)" Option inside Context Menu #19651

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opened 2026-01-31 06:49:43 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @roywillynson on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Problem: I only can open directories in Windows Terminal (Preview) through my default shell (Ubuntu, through WSL). I also should like to open it from another shell like PowerShell, Git Bash and so on. I think it would be good to add a sub/cascading menu to "Open in Terminal (Preview)" Option inside Context Menu.

Suggestion: The "Open in Terminal (Preview)" Option inside Context Menu could display a cascading menu inside with all shells by default.

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Example in Windows 11:

**Before:**Current Context Menu without Cascading Menu when right-clicking a directory.
Context Menu without Cascading Menu

After: Context Menu with Cascading Menu when right-clicking a directory.

Context Menu with Cascading Menu

This is a suggestion.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 06:49:43 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #6111 for more discussion.

/dup #6111

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #6111 for more discussion. /dup #6111
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@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023):

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!

@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023): 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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@roywillynson commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023):

Ok, I stay tuned to changes and I hope you can implement it soon😅.

@roywillynson commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2023): Ok, I stay tuned to changes and I hope you can implement it soon😅.
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Reference: starred/terminal#19651