Double click seclection of text in terminal. #8403

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opened 2026-01-31 01:28:30 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Droidzzzio on GitHub (May 21, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

While using the terminal as i use a lot because i am a security researcher and while selecting a text by double click on terminal , it is not selecting the appropriate text it should as it runs perfectly fine in command prompt but not working in windows terminal.

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I am attaching two Screenshots of terminal and command prompt so that you can see the text being selected. at once.
cmdprompt-terminalissue
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 21, 2020):

This is due to the fact that the legacy console and the Terminal have different wordDelimiters by default - try changing the wordDelimiters property in your settings to remove the .

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 21, 2020): This is due to the fact that the legacy console and the Terminal have different `wordDelimiters` by default - try changing the [`wordDelimiters`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/global-settings#word-delimiters) property in your settings to remove the `.`
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Reference: starred/terminal#8403