Don't localize command names on the command palette #9796

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opened 2026-01-31 02:04:01 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @espresso3389 on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020).

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Windows build number: 10.0.20175.0 (Japanese)
Windows Terminal version: 1.2.2022.0

Steps to reproduce/Actual behavior

Opening command palette and type some command in English.
For example, if I want to invoke certain scroll commands, I want to search the commands with typing scro... but because Windows terminal localizes these command strings, I cannot find the commands.

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Expected behavior

Please consider some way to allow us (especially CJK users) to search the commands in plain English. Typing CJK words are not so easy and if the commands are localized, it makes the command palette almost unusable.

VSCode have had similar issues before and they fixed the issue already:

Originally created by @espresso3389 on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020). # Environment ```none Windows build number: 10.0.20175.0 (Japanese) Windows Terminal version: 1.2.2022.0 ``` # Steps to reproduce/Actual behavior Opening command palette and type some command in English. For example, if I want to invoke certain `scroll` commands, I want to search the commands with typing `scro...` but because Windows terminal localizes these command strings, I cannot find the commands. ![cpal](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1311400/88288452-bf4e7080-cd2e-11ea-8f88-e100e5ba28f7.gif) # Expected behavior Please consider some way to allow us (especially CJK users) to search the commands in plain English. Typing CJK words are not so easy and if the commands are localized, it makes the command palette almost unusable. VSCode have had similar issues before and they fixed the issue already: - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/4679 - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/4691
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

Thanks for the feedback! I didn't know that VSCode's command palette did that, so this is helpful feedback. I'm gonna stick this into 2.0 for now.

For those who want to skip to the resolution of the above thread: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/4679#issuecomment-213170197

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): Thanks for the feedback! I didn't know that VSCode's command palette did that, so this is helpful feedback. I'm gonna stick this into 2.0 for now. For those who want to skip to the resolution of the above thread: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/4679#issuecomment-213170197
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@espresso3389 commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020):

FYI, I also attach VSCode Japanese locale screenshot that shows how they deal with the command palette localization problem:

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@espresso3389 commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2020): FYI, I also attach VSCode Japanese locale screenshot that shows how they deal with the command palette localization problem: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1311400/88305654-b5d00300-cd44-11ea-80ec-6e2fa780b150.png)
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Reference: starred/terminal#9796