Addition of a buttons/button bar

[tasosptl]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

This feature/improvement will allow the user the ability to create custom clickable button where he can specify the action that will be performed once clicked. This could be a group of commands that he/she uses for day to day work.

Programmable buttons is one of the reasons that me as a network engineer I choose the competitor (can't name) over MS Terminal. This will reduce the repetitive copy-paste of common troubleshooting commands from notepad/OneNote to the terminal.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

The idea is to allow the user to add an additional bar (either on top or at the bottom of the terminal screen) similar to the picture where he or she will be able to add the buttons:

The buttons should have a label (what is seen on the screen next to each button), a string that will be send and additional actionable commands such as "send carriage return" or "send a newline".

[zadjii-msft]

Amazingly enough, we had almost the exact same request earlier this week: #15851. To crib from that issue:

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/?

[tasosptl]

All those requests look quite similar to what I have requested. Is the sendInput a clickable item that can be customized per use case (so every user to be able to specify the string that he needs to send)?
Also, will the user be able to create more than one different sendInput items?

[zadjii-msft]

Is the sendInput a clickable item

Well, sorta? It'll show up in the Command Palette, and in 1.19 it'll be in the Suggestions UI (for tasks - added in #15664).

will the user be able to create more than one different sendInput items

Yep - it's an action just like any other Terminal action, so you can create as many as you want and bind to whatever you feel like.

/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!