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opened 2026-01-31 07:52:44 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:52:44 +00:00
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Originally created by @Firehawke on GitHub (May 13, 2024).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Since Windows Terminal now supports setting up folders for profile groups, a setting to put WSL instances in a folder of your choice by default would be useful.

This came about when I started playing with nixos as a WSL2 instance; Windows Terminal found it by default as it should, but dumped it in the root folder so I'd have to edit the json to put it into the Linux folder where I keep my other WSL instances.

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A config setting in the JSON (and eventually in the UI as well, I know that's long-term as folders have almost no UI accessibility right now) to tell WT to put WSL2 imports in a specific folder by default. It's fine if the default starts off as the root as it is now; I can change it as needed after that point.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:52:46 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024):

Thanks for the request!
You can sort of do this already, by using a matchProfiles entry in the new tab menu (docs).

Here's what mine looks like:

"newTabMenu": 
[
    {
        "type": "remainingProfiles"
    },
    {
        "allowEmpty": false,
        "entries": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": null,
                "name": null,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
                "type": "matchProfiles"
            }
        ],
        "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/{9acb9455-ca41-5af7-950f-6bca1bc9722f}.png",
        "inline": "never",
        "name": "WSL",
        "type": "folder"
    }
],

In brief: it's two toplevel menu items, one that says "all unclaimed profiles go in the root" and one that says "now put some WSL profiles in a folder called WSL". All WSL profiles will go into the folder, and all non-WSL profiles will go into the root.

You can minimize it down to...

"newTabMenu": [
    { "type": "remainingProfiles" },
    {
        "entries": [ { "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "type": "matchProfiles" } ],
        "name": "WSL",
        "type": "folder"
    }
],

It looks like this at runtime (for me):

Image

(The ubuntu profile doesn't report as WSL, because Canonical Ltd created a new custom entry for it - you can use as many matchProfiles entries as you need in a menu, though, to cover everything you want.)

Does that help?

@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024): Thanks for the request! You can sort of do this already, by using a `matchProfiles` entry in the new tab menu ([docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/appearance#new-tab-dropdown)). Here's what mine looks like: ```json "newTabMenu": [ { "type": "remainingProfiles" }, { "allowEmpty": false, "entries": [ { "commandline": null, "name": null, "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "type": "matchProfiles" } ], "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/{9acb9455-ca41-5af7-950f-6bca1bc9722f}.png", "inline": "never", "name": "WSL", "type": "folder" } ], ``` In brief: it's two toplevel menu items, one that says "all unclaimed profiles go in the root" and one that says "now put some WSL profiles in a folder called WSL". All WSL profiles will go into the folder, and all non-WSL profiles will go into the root. You can minimize it down to... ```json "newTabMenu": [ { "type": "remainingProfiles" }, { "entries": [ { "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "type": "matchProfiles" } ], "name": "WSL", "type": "folder" } ], ``` It looks like this at runtime (for me): ![Image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/189190/2a3b4a42-3fae-4d8c-bfa1-7693b19d61e4) (The ubuntu profile doesn't report as WSL, because Canonical Ltd created a new custom entry for it - you can use as many `matchProfiles` entries as you need in a menu, though, to cover everything you want.) Does that help?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:52:46 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024):

FWIW, my actual new tab menu config looks like this:

Dustin's real new tab menu customization 
"newTabMenu": 
[
    {
        "type": "remainingProfiles"
    },
    {
        "allowEmpty": false,
        "entries": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": null,
                "name": null,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
                "type": "matchProfiles"
            }
        ],
        "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/pwsh-preview.png",
        "inline": "never",
        "name": "PowerShell",
        "type": "folder"
    },
    {
        "allowEmpty": false,
        "entries": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": null,
                "name": null,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio",
                "type": "matchProfiles"
            },
            {
                "profile": "{f795dd7e-af72-4ac5-befc-1676ae18cfb0}",
                "type": "profile"
            }
        ],
        "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/pwsh-preview.png",
        "inline": "never",
        "name": "VS",
        "type": "folder"
    },
    {
        "allowEmpty": false,
        "entries": 
        [
            {
                "commandline": null,
                "name": null,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
                "type": "matchProfiles"
            },
            {
                "commandline": null,
                "name": null,
                "source": "CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc",
                "type": "matchProfiles"
            }
        ],
        "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/{9acb9455-ca41-5af7-950f-6bca1bc9722f}.png",
        "inline": "never",
        "name": "WSL",
        "type": "folder"
    }
],

Image

@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024): FWIW, my actual new tab menu config looks like this: <details> <summary>Dustin's real new tab menu customization</summary> ```json "newTabMenu": [ { "type": "remainingProfiles" }, { "allowEmpty": false, "entries": [ { "commandline": null, "name": null, "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore", "type": "matchProfiles" } ], "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/pwsh-preview.png", "inline": "never", "name": "PowerShell", "type": "folder" }, { "allowEmpty": false, "entries": [ { "commandline": null, "name": null, "source": "Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio", "type": "matchProfiles" }, { "profile": "{f795dd7e-af72-4ac5-befc-1676ae18cfb0}", "type": "profile" } ], "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/pwsh-preview.png", "inline": "never", "name": "VS", "type": "folder" }, { "allowEmpty": false, "entries": [ { "commandline": null, "name": null, "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "type": "matchProfiles" }, { "commandline": null, "name": null, "source": "CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc", "type": "matchProfiles" } ], "icon": "ms-appx:///ProfileIcons/{9acb9455-ca41-5af7-950f-6bca1bc9722f}.png", "inline": "never", "name": "WSL", "type": "folder" } ], ``` ![Image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/189190/33f38bf6-942d-4362-8f71-865e12f80ef7) </details>
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:52:47 +00:00
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@Firehawke commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024):

At least for now that seems to be the best option we have. Thanks.

@Firehawke commented on GitHub (May 13, 2024): At least for now that seems to be the best option we have. Thanks.
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