A GUI for editting settings #9990

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opened 2026-01-31 02:09:32 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @Vurmiraaz on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020).

A GUI for editting settings

Well, I have worked with config files before ( also JSON ). It is the settings.json of Visual Studio Code. But VSC has a GUI page for the ''Settings'' command. When I clicked the ''Settings'' in Windows Terminal for the first time, I felt surprised because no settings window showed in my screen, but a VSC window opening the settings.json. Though I know how to write in JSON files, I still felt uneasy to edit settings in a JSON file. If Windows Terminal could have a GUI for editting settings, it would be easier for beginners to use. What's more, not everyone has a text editer for JSON, and if the settings.json is opened as plain text, it will be hard to read.
I hope Windows Terminal can have a GUI for editting settings.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 02:09:32 +00:00
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@skyline75489 commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

We have #1564 for this. There are many related discussion and designs in that issue you may find interersting.

@skyline75489 commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): We have #1564 for this. There are many related discussion and designs in that issue you may find interersting.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #1564 for more discussion.

/dup #1564

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to [search for duplicates](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22settings+gui%22+is%3Aclosed) when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #1564 for more discussion. /dup #1564
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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@Vurmiraaz commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020):

Thank you!

------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------
发件人: "Chester Liu"<notifications@github.com>;
发送时间: 2020年8月4日(星期二) 中午1:49
收件人: "microsoft/terminal"<terminal@noreply.github.com>;
抄送: "私は党博"<3041653369@qq.com>; "Author"<author@noreply.github.com>;
主题: Re: [microsoft/terminal] A GUI for editting settings (#7170)

We have #1564 for this. There are many related discussion and designs in that issue you may find interersting.

@Vurmiraaz commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2020): Thank you! ------------------&nbsp;原始邮件&nbsp;------------------ 发件人: "Chester Liu"<notifications@github.com&gt;; 发送时间: 2020年8月4日(星期二) 中午1:49 收件人: "microsoft/terminal"<terminal@noreply.github.com&gt;; 抄送: "私は党博"<3041653369@qq.com&gt;; "Author"<author@noreply.github.com&gt;; 主题: Re: [microsoft/terminal] A GUI for editting settings (#7170) We have #1564 for this. There are many related discussion and designs in that issue you may find interersting.
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