Windows Terminal is a new console terminal created by Microsoft. It is still in Preview version, but it can be used well after some configurations.

custom themes

You can go to https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes to find a suitable theme under windowsterminal.

custom configuration file location

I want to put the configuration file under HOME Directory, and then manage it through git, which can be done by the following methods:

First cut ~/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe/RoamingState/profiles.json file to ~/Windows-terminal-profiles.json, then open PowerShell with administrator privileges, execute

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ~/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe/RoamingState/profiles.json -Target ~/windows-terminal-profiles.json

See my Windows Terminal files at https://github.com/mzlogin/config-files/blob/master/windows-terminal-profiles.json

Manage PowerShell configuration via git

Open PowerShell with administrator privileges, execute

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ~/Documents/WindowsPowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 -Target ~/powershell.ps1

If using PowerShell 7 Preview, execute

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path <My Documents>/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 -Target <personal Directory>/powershell.ps1

The above two directories need to use absolute paths, otherwise an error will be reported.

See https://github.com/mzlogin/config-files/blob/master/powershell.ps1 for my PowerShell configuration

Customize shortcut keys

For example, adding the following content to the globals – keybindings of the json configuration file can map the copy and paste of Windows Terminal to ctrl+c and ctrl+v (I really want to complain here, why not give the default mapping?):

*Updated 2020-04-26: The following are no longer needed to be mapped manually. The new version has default mappings. *

{ "command": "copy", "keys": ["ctrl+c"] },
{ "command": "paste", "keys": ["ctrl+v"] }

split pane and move focus within panes:

{ "command" : "splitHorizontal", "keys": [ "alt+-" ] },
{ "command" : "splitVertical", "keys": [ "alt+\\" ] },
{ "command" : "closePane", "keys": [ "alt+w" ] },
{ "command" : "moveFocusLeft", "keys": [ "alt+left" ] },
{ "command" : "moveFocusRight", "keys": [ "alt+right" ] },
{ "command" : "moveFocusUp", "keys": [ "alt+up" ] },
{ "command" : "moveFocusDown", "keys": [ "alt+down" ] }

Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md