Windows Terminal already allows in beta to drag and drop a folder to open a console from that folder

Windows Terminal may not be as well-known a tool as others within Windows, but the command console it is still fundamental for many users, especially developers and technicians. A tool of Open Source that Microsoft pampers and that has seen the version preview 1.11 arrive.

An update that brings numerous improvements and new functions to Windows terminal. So now lets open a Terminal window by dragging and dropping a folder in the new tab button.

Improving multitasking

Windows Terminal was born from the intention of Microsoft to integrate all its consoles or terminals in one. That is the basis of a project called Windows Terminal that now see how the version preview 1.11 arrives.

An update that comes with bug fixes, improvements and new functions, among which the ability now offered to drag and drop a folder on the new tab button to open a console directly to that folder.

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This improvement has been echoed in ONMsft and together with it the ability to multitask is improved by make it easy to swap panels within a tab and split the tab in contextual view.

There is also a new configuration switch that brings a semi-transparent background to the title bar. And along with this, other changes of which we now review the most outstanding:

• When adding keys to your actions, you now only need to type one key, instead of spelling out all the keys (i.e. ctrl).
• There is a new “appearance out of focus” editor at the bottom of the Appearance (by profile) page.
• The font object now accepts OpenType axes and functions in the settings.json file.
• Now you can optionally minimize terminal to systray. Two new settings were added for this functionality
• Directories and files can now be dragged and dropped onto the ‘+’ button, which will then open a new tab, panel, or window using the given home path.
• When starting the terminal through the default terminal settings, the terminal will now not use any profiles in place of our default profile.
• Now you can choose how you want bold (intense) text to appear in terminal by using the IntenseTextStyle profile setting. You can set your style to be bold, bright, bold, and sparkly, or have no additional style added.
• In newer versions of Windows, startDirectory can now accept Linux paths when starting a WSL profile.
• Panels can now be navigated in order of creation using nextPaney previousPane.

Terminal is an open source development and is in this Github link where you can find all the information about it. All these changes that arrive in the trial version, will debut later in the standard version of Windows Terminal through the Windows Insider program or through the Microsoft Store.

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