Pause and resume execution of left- and right-click like in PowerShell #21621

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opened 2026-01-31 07:49:51 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @github-account1111 on GitHub (May 2, 2024).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I googled and searched through issues but couldn't find anything about this.

On Windows 10 I could left-click anywhere inside the PowerShell window, and the execution would pause. I knew the execution was paused when the title bar said "Select PowerShell." When I was ready to resume the execution I just needed to right-click anywhere on the window.

This incredibly handy feature seems to be missing in Microsoft Terminal's PowerShell on Windows 11. Now I have to either wait for the execution to finish (which depending on what I'm running could take hours) or cancel it entirely.

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Same as on Windows 10.

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Reference: starred/terminal#21621