Support for "session"

[dov]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Mostly, when I run terminal I start with opening a fixed set of tabs, each in a different directory, and each with a different a different title. I'd like a way to automize this.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I suggest that you add to Terminal command line an option to take a json file with the requested layout.

[skyline75489]

Would you be satisfied by the solution mentioned in #9101 (comment) ?

[dov]

Would you be satisfied by the solution mentioned in #9101 (comment) ?

That indeed looks promising! It is not clear whether it is possible to do a cd to a different directory through that approach though.

[skyline75489]

That's largely related to the shells. For example with pwsh.exe you can use:

wt new-tab pwsh.exe -WorkingDirectory D:

[skyline75489]

By the wt way is actually working with 1.5. You'll need to wait for 1.6 to use the startupActions. Follow #756 for future updates on this topic.

[zadjii-msft]

So for reference, I like to do like the following each time I boot up the Terminal in the morning:

{ "command": { "action": "wt", "commandline": "new-tab --title OpenConsole cmd.exe /k #work 15 ; split-pane -s .30 --title OpenConsole cmd.exe /k #work 15 ; split-pane  -s .25 -H cmd.exe /k media ; new-tab --title \"Symbols Script\" powershell dev\\symbols.ps1 ; new-tab -p \"Ubuntu 18.04\" ; new-tab -p \"microsoft/Terminal\" ; sp -V -p \"microsoft/Terminal\" ; sp -H -p \"microsoft/Terminal\" ; focus-tab -t 0" }, "name": "Good Morning" },

(you could probably make it shorter by replacing new-tab/split-pane with nt/sp, respectively).

I add that to the keybindings/actions. This creates a new command in the Command Palette named "Good Morning". That opens up a few tabs & panes, running various build environments. I like having it in a command rather than startupActions, because I only really want this in one terminal window, not every single one I launch. It's personal taste.

You could repeat this for multiple different "session"s if you wanted. That way you could have layouts pre-defined for various different dev environments.

We're also tracking adding commands to the new tab dropdown in #1571. Largely, I'm going to call this ask a duplicate of both #756 and #1571.

/dup #756
/dup #1571

[ghost]

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!