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[PR #3391] Add support for arbitrary args in keybindings #25345

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opened 2026-01-31 09:08:54 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Original Pull Request: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/3391

State: closed
Merged: Yes

Summary of the Pull Request

Enables the user to provide arbitrary argument values to shortcut actions through a new args member of keybindings. For some keybindings, like NewTabWithProfile<N>, we previously needed 9 different ShortcutActions, one for each value of Index. If a user wanted to have a NewTabWithProfile11 keybinding, that was simply impossible. Now that the args are in their own separate json object, each binding can accept any number of arbitrary argument values.

So instead of:

        { "command": "newTab", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"] },
        { "command": "newTabProfile0", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"] },
        { "command": "newTabProfile1", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+2"] },
        { "command": "newTabProfile2", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+3"] },
        { "command": "newTabProfile3", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+4"] },

We can now use:

        { "command": "newTab", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"] },
        { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 0 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"] },
        { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 1 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+2"] },
        { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 2 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+3"] },

Initially, this does seem more verbose. However, for cases where there are multiple args, or there's a large range of values for the args, this will quickly become a more powerful system of expressing keybindings.

The "legacy" keybindings are left in in this PR. They have helper methods to generate appropriate IActionArgs values. Prior to releasing 1.0, I think we should remove them, if only to remove some code bloat.

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See the spec for more details.

This is part two of the implementation, part one was #2446

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Validation Steps Performed

  • Ran Tests
  • Removed the legacy keybindings from the defaults.json, everything still works
  • Tried leaving the legacy keybingings in my profiles.json, everything still works.
**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/3391 **State:** closed **Merged:** Yes --- ## Summary of the Pull Request Enables the user to provide arbitrary argument values to shortcut actions through a new `args` member of keybindings. For some keybindings, like `NewTabWithProfile<N>`, we previously needed 9 different `ShortcutAction`s, one for each value of `Index`. If a user wanted to have a `NewTabWithProfile11` keybinding, that was simply impossible. Now that the args are in their own separate json object, each binding can accept any number of arbitrary argument values. So instead of: ```json { "command": "newTab", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"] }, { "command": "newTabProfile0", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"] }, { "command": "newTabProfile1", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+2"] }, { "command": "newTabProfile2", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+3"] }, { "command": "newTabProfile3", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+4"] }, ``` We can now use: ```json { "command": "newTab", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"] }, { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 0 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"] }, { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 1 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+2"] }, { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": 2 }, "keys": ["ctrl+shift+3"] }, ``` Initially, this does seem more verbose. However, for cases where there are multiple args, or there's a large range of values for the args, this will quickly become a more powerful system of expressing keybindings. The "legacy" keybindings are _left in_ in this PR. They have helper methods to generate appropriate `IActionArgs` values. Prior to releasing 1.0, I think we should remove them, if only to remove some code bloat. ## References See [the spec](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/specs/%231142%20-%20Keybinding%20Arguments.md) for more details. This is part two of the implementation, part one was #2446 ## PR Checklist * [x] Closes #1142 * [x] I work here * [x] Tests added/passed * [x] Schema updated ## Validation Steps Performed * Ran Tests * Removed the legacy keybindings from the `defaults.json`, everything still works * Tried leaving the legacy keybingings in my `profiles.json`, everything still works.
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