Text selection using keyboard (Shift + arrow keys) #3325

@cinnamon-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2019):

I believe this is a duplicate of #715

@cinnamon-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2019): I believe this is a duplicate of #715

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@mfriedrich74 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2023):

I checked the feature from #715. This is not a duplicate. With above feature, the mentioned Shift + Ctrl + Arrow and Shift + Arrow keys still do not work in all modes. Only works in Powershell. Does not work in Command shell and also not in WSL Bash. Note, that CMD.exe supports those keys, but it works only when used without the terminal.

@mfriedrich74 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2023): I checked the feature from #715. This is not a duplicate. With above feature, the mentioned Shift + Ctrl + Arrow and Shift + Arrow keys still do not work in all modes. Only works in Powershell. Does not work in Command shell and also not in WSL Bash. Note, that CMD.exe supports those keys, but it works only when used without the terminal.

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@bpinske commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023):

Yeah mark mode isn't a substitution for this just working as expected in my opinion.

I use a macbook and iterm2 for work and use ctrl shift to highlight, copy, paste text dozens of times a day.
This is a pretty serious UX gap when I try to use WSL/Terminal on my personal computer.

@bpinske commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023): Yeah mark mode isn't a substitution for this just working as expected in my opinion. I use a macbook and iterm2 for work and use ctrl shift to highlight, copy, paste text dozens of times a day. This is a pretty serious UX gap when I try to use WSL/Terminal on my personal computer.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023):

@bpinske have you tried adding a keybinding like:

        { "command": "markMode", "keys": "shift+left" },

That'll just immediately enter mark mode when you hit shift+left. It's like, one extra keystroke, but the UX is effectively the same.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023): @bpinske have you tried adding a keybinding like: ```json { "command": "markMode", "keys": "shift+left" }, ``` That'll just immediately enter mark mode when you hit <kbd>shift+left</kbd>. It's like, one extra keystroke, but the UX is effectively the same.

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@bpinske commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023):

I will give that a shot later this evening.
Thanks for the suggestion.

@bpinske commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2023): I will give that a shot later this evening. Thanks for the suggestion.

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@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2023):

I believe this is a duplicate of #715

It is not a duplicate Shift + Ctrl + Arrow and Shift + Arrow keys still do not work in all modes. It only works in Powershell.
Markdown mode isn't enough. When you try to delete selected text with it will just delete the last character in cmd

@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2023): > I believe this is a duplicate of #715 It is not a duplicate Shift + Ctrl + Arrow and Shift + Arrow keys still do not work in all modes. It only works in Powershell. Markdown mode isn't enough. When you try to delete selected text with it will just delete the last character in cmd

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2023):

@aliulashayir That's entirely a different thing. PowerShell maintains its own "selection" separate from the Terminal's. CMD.exe doesn't implement anything like that. It doesn't know how to backspace multiple characters at a time, and it doesn't know where the Terminal's selection is.

This is an unfortunately weird aspect about the separation between shells and terminals.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2023): @aliulashayir That's entirely a different thing. PowerShell maintains its own "selection" separate from the Terminal's. CMD.exe doesn't implement anything like that. It doesn't know how to backspace multiple characters at a time, and it doesn't know where the Terminal's selection is. This is an unfortunately weird aspect about the separation between shells and terminals.

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@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

@zadjii-msft Oh, I didn't know that. It is annoying that these are not implemented the same way. I mean in the cmd without the new terminal app you can select with ctrl + shift + arrow key and then ctrl + backspace deletes the selection but you can't do it in the terminal app cmd

@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): @zadjii-msft Oh, I didn't know that. It is annoying that these are not implemented the same way. I mean in the cmd without the new terminal app you can select with ctrl + shift + arrow key and then ctrl + backspace deletes the selection but you can't do it in the terminal app cmd

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

in the cmd without the new terminal app you can select with ctrl + shift + arrow key and then ctrl + backspace deletes the selection

Does it though? ctrl+bksp will delete the previous word, but I don't believe it'll delete the entire selection:

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): > in the cmd without the new terminal app you can select with ctrl + shift + arrow key and then ctrl + backspace deletes the selection Does it though? <kbd>ctrl+bksp</kbd> will delete the previous word, but I don't believe it'll delete the entire selection: ![e786f81c-aab1-46f5-bbf5-8b41319bbc52](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/18356694/0efaaaec-ba1a-43b1-969c-5cd26412438e)

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@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

@zadjii-msft Yes sorry I meant this but wrote it incorrectly. Still, this is better than nothing. For example, this is still useful when you are using a tool like yt-dlp and want to quickly delete a URL or something it is treated like a single word selection. I use, copy&paste URL s a lot so it is a nice to have

@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): @zadjii-msft Yes sorry I meant this but wrote it incorrectly. Still, this is better than nothing. For example, this is still useful when you are using a tool like yt-dlp and want to quickly delete a URL or something it is treated like a single word selection. I use, copy&paste URL s a lot so it is a nice to have ![ezgif-3-34dca50bec](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/57371604/7157fc16-011d-4d52-9566-07c78bc4a4e4)

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

I mean, Ctrl+Bksp will delete the previous "word" in CMD regardless of having text selected or not (in both Terminal and conhost).

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): I mean, <kbd>Ctrl+Bksp</kbd> will delete the previous "word" in CMD regardless of having text selected or not (in both Terminal and conhost).

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@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2023):

yes but can't select copy it though on Terminal cmd because you can't select the word and I guess not seeing the text highlighted just messes with my muscle memory. It is just a bit annoying that Powershell, cmd, wsl are different. Not a big problem. Thank you for your answers. I really appreciate that someone who works on the project takes the time to answer 🥇

@aliulashayir commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2023): yes but can't select copy it though on Terminal cmd because you can't select the word and I guess not seeing the text highlighted just messes with my muscle memory. It is just a bit annoying that Powershell, cmd, wsl are different. Not a big problem. Thank you for your answers. I really appreciate that someone who works on the project takes the time to answer 🥇

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@levicki commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024):

@zadjii-msft Is there a way this can be implemented? It's really annoying not to be able to use Shift+arrow keys (standard LUA shortcuts for text editing for like at least 3-4 decades now).

@levicki commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024): @zadjii-msft Is there a way this can be implemented? It's really annoying not to be able to use Shift+arrow keys (standard LUA shortcuts for text editing for like at least 3-4 decades now).

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