Cant's select text when using shift + left and right arrows #20995

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opened 2026-01-31 07:30:00 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @emirkugic on GitHub (Dec 15, 2023).

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1.18.3181.0

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Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

Tried to select text with shift and arrow keys, but failed to do so

Expected Behavior

Select text like with a text editor

Actual Behavior

Only cursor moved left and right

Originally created by @emirkugic on GitHub (Dec 15, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.18.3181.0 ### Windows build number _No response_ ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Tried to select text with shift and arrow keys, but failed to do so ### Expected Behavior Select text like with a text editor ### Actual Behavior Only cursor moved left and right
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 07:30:00 +00:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2023):

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2023): Hi I'm an AI powered bot that finds similar issues based off the issue title. Please view the issues below to see if they solve your problem, and if the issue describes your problem please consider closing this one and thumbs upping the other issue to help us prioritize it. Thank you! ### Closed similar issues: - [Text selection using keyboard (Shift + arrow keys) (#2372)](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/2372), similarity score: 0.83 - [Keyboard text selection with Shift not working (#7921)](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/7921), similarity score: 0.83 - [Selection with the shift key does not actually select (#13369)](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/13369), similarity score: 0.81 > Note: You can give me feedback by thumbs upping or thumbs downing this comment.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2024):

Thanks bot, I'll follow that chain of issues to /dup #11985

From that thread: adding the following to your settings will enable this:

  {
      "command":
      {
          "action": "markMode"
      },
      "keys": "shift+left"
  },
@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2024): Thanks bot, I'll follow that chain of issues to /dup #11985 From that thread: adding the following to your settings will enable this: ```json { "command": { "action": "markMode" }, "keys": "shift+left" }, ```
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@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2024):

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Reference: starred/terminal#20995