Scenario: Keyboard Text Selection #4993

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   Add ability to select all text in the buffer (#13045)

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17. Hermholtz commented on Oct 6, 2024

    

    Hermholtz

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    I would like to be able to edit text in Windows Terminal the same way it happens e.g. in Notepad, Microsoft Word or all other applications, i.e.:

    • Selection with SHIFT+arrows, SHIFT+CTRL+arrows, SHIFT+Home, End.
    • Cut, Copy, Paste using familiar keys.
    • The entire selected text is overwritten when I press a "normal" key, e.g. a letter, a symbol or a digit, or when I paste something.
    • The selection is cleared when I press navigation key (arrow, CTRL+arrow, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn).

    The Mark Mode is interesting, but not really what Microsoft made us familiar with since '90s. It maybe has its users, but the majority learned to work the way I described above. Mark mode reminds me of the WordStar editor from '80s where CTRL+K, B marked the beginning of a block, and CTRL+K, K marked the end, and then it was persisting until you did some operation on it. It was interesting (seemed quite standard and useful at that time), but Microsoft got us used to a volatile selection and its way of working with it.

    Please then bring the Microsoft way of working with selections to Microsoft Windows Terminal.

    Thank you.

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21. carlos-zamora commented on Mar 13, 2026

    

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    Closing this issue. All of the referenced issues except for #11985 are resolved, and even then, #11985 can be worked around my entering mark mode with ctrl+shift+M.

    For any other issues related to keyboard selection, please file a new issue on the repo.
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