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Add a small section on tab tearout in the overview page #666

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---
title: Windows Terminal Actions
description: Learn how to create custom actions for Windows Terminal.
author: cinnamon-msft
ms.author: cinnamon
author: nguyen-dows
ms.author: chrnguyen
ms.date: 03/31/2023
ms.topic: how-to
---
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{ "command": "toggleReadOnlyMode" }
```

You can enable read-only mode on a pane. This works similarly to toggling, however, will not switch state if triggered again.

**Command name:** `enableReadOnlyMode`

**Default bindings:**

```json
{ "command": "enableReadOnlyMode" }
```

You can disable read-only mode on a pane. This works similarly to toggling, however, will not switch state if triggered again.

**Command name:** `disableReadOnlyMode`

**Default bindings:**

```json
{ "command": "disableReadOnlyMode" }
```

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### Split a pane

This halves the size of the active pane and opens another. Without any arguments, this will open the default profile in the new pane. If an action is not specified, the default profile's equivalent setting will be used.
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title: Windows Terminal Advanced Profile Settings
description: Learn how to customize the advanced profile settings within Windows Terminal.
author: cinnamon-msft
ms.author: cinnamon
ms.date: 07/06/2022
author: nguyen-dows
ms.author: chrnguyen
ms.date: 04/13/2022
ms.topic: how-to
---

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## History size

This sets the number of lines above the ones displayed in the window you can scroll back to.
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This sets the number of lines above the ones displayed in the window you can scroll back to. The maximum history size is `32767`.

**Property name:** `historySize`

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---
title: An overview on Windows Terminal
description: Learn about Windows Terminal and how it can improve your command line workflow.
author: cinnamon-msft
ms.author: cinnamon
ms.date: 09/22/2020
author: nguyen-dows
ms.author: chrnguyen
ms.date: 05/17/2023
ms.topic: overview
---

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Any application that has a command line interface can be run inside Windows Terminal. This includes everything from PowerShell and Command Prompt to Azure Cloud Shell and any WSL distribution such as Ubuntu or Oh-My-Zsh.

## Tab tearout ([Preview](https://aka.ms/terminal-preview))

You can tear out tabs in Windows Terminal and create new windows.

![Windows Terminal tab tearout](./images/tear-tab.gif)

You can also drag and drop tabs into existing windows.

![Dragging and dropping tabs into Terminal windows](./images/attach-tab.gif)

> [!IMPORTANT]
> This feature is only available in [Windows Terminal Preview](https://aka.ms/terminal-preview).

## Customized schemes and configurations

You can configure your Windows Terminal to have a variety of color schemes and settings. To learn how to customize your prompt with cool themes, see [Tutorial: Set up a custom prompt for PowerShell or WSL with Oh My Posh](./tutorials/custom-prompt-setup.md) To learn how to make your own color scheme, visit the [Color schemes page](./customize-settings/color-schemes.md).
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