Allow explorer location bar shortcut #9309

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opened 2026-01-31 01:51:25 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @trajano on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

With Windows Explorer, you can go to the location bar and type in cmd to bring up the command prompt at the proper location. I'd like to be able to do the same with wt and setting the current path accordingly. (wt should just add a new tab rather than starting up a new process)

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Some miracle? :P not exactly sure how it will be implementable.

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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020):

Try out wt -d .. Because a profile can contain a "starting directory", this is the most reliable way to override it.

For "opening a new tab in an existing window", you'll want to follow #5000.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020): Try out `wt -d .`. Because a profile can contain a "starting directory", this is the most reliable way to override it. For "opening a new tab in an existing window", you'll want to follow #5000.
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Reference: starred/terminal#9309