add a button function

[siliyuan6]

Is there a plan to add a button function similar to secureCRT?
Many commonly used long commands need to be entered, and it is very inconvenient to manually enter each time

[zadjii-msft]

Alrighty, so I'm not super familiar with SecureCRT, so I'm basing a lot of this response off of: https://www.vandyke.com/support/tips/button_bar.html

A lot of that already seems possible today with the sendInput action. That'll let you save an action to your settings that will send a string of characters to the Terminal. Those'll show up in the Command Palette today.

To build on that:

• Specify Panes in a Profile #3759
  • "I want to customize the new tab dropdown with my own actions too"
• Feature Request: Icon buttons to start relevant shell types #2934
  • also, Add an optional status bar to the bottom #3459
  • "I want a toolbar where I can put arbitrary buttons that do things"
  • This would follow Specify Panes in a Profile #3759
• Feature Request - Scripts Panel #1595
  • Vaguely similar. Another way of using sendInput actions a little easier.
  • "I want an easy UI for activating saved scripts"
  • We'll almost certainly be doing more with "tasks" in the future, ala Ability to save selected text as a sendInput action #12857

So, I'm guessing that there's a dupe somewhere in the nexus of all those - sound about right/?

[siliyuan6]

Oh, indeed, this method is very good. Thank you very much.

[zadjii-msft]

Cool, thanks for following up!

/dup #3759
/dup #2934

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

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!