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August 21, 2021 11:11 pm GMT
Original Link: https://dev.to/rescenic/windows-terminal-preview-context-menu-1oo5
Windows Terminal Preview Context Menu
If you use multiple Linux WSL, you can enhance your productivity with this tool.
Install
- Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/rescenic/wt.context.menu
- Configure your settings.json in Windows Terminal Preview folder & config.json
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
- Copy folder
icons
toC:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminalPreview_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\icons\
- Run powershell (no need to get admin access right)
- Change the execution policy
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -scope CurrentUser
- Run
SetupContextMenu.ps1
script
Uninstall
Run SetupContextMenu.ps1 -uninstall:$true
Config
This script will parse the settings.json
file to generate menu items. However you can customize it.
Put any icon file into icon
folder and modify the config.json
like the following.
{ "global": { "extended": false }, "profiles": { "{a5a97cb8-8961-5535-816d-772efe0c6a3f}": { "icon": "arch.ico", "label": "Arch Linux" }, "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}": { "showRunAs": true }, "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}": { "hidden": true } }}
Config reference
- global
- extended[bool]: if set this to true, context menu will only show up when right click with
shift
- extended[bool]: if set this to true, context menu will only show up when right click with
- profiles
- guid[string]: this GUID of your profile defined in
settings.json
- hidden[bool]: overwrites the visibility of the profile, if defined
- icon[string]: filename of your ico file, you must put this file in icon folder
- label[string]: context menu label
- showRunAs[bool]: add
run as administrator
item for this profile
- guid[string]: this GUID of your profile defined in
Original Link: https://dev.to/rescenic/windows-terminal-preview-context-menu-1oo5
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