Windows Terminal Preview 1.6 – New Settings UI and Configuration Guide
Microsoft's Windows Terminal Preview 1.6 introduces an alpha Settings UI, requires manual binding via settings.json, and adds automatic backups of previous settings files, with detailed steps and code snippets to help users enable and locate the new interface.
Microsoft released the first Windows Terminal version of 2021, Windows Terminal Preview 1.6, which brings several new improvements.
Settings UI
Version 1.6 includes an alpha version of a new Settings UI. By default the UI is not bound; clicking the Settings button in the drop‑down menu does nothing. Users must add an action to their settings.json file to open the UI via the command palette or a keyboard shortcut.
To bind the Settings UI to Ctrl+Shift+, , add the following entry to the actions array (or to keybindings if you have an older file):
{ "command": { "action": "openSettings", "target": "settingsUI" }, "keys": "ctrl+shift+," },When the Settings UI remains in preview, Microsoft automatically creates backups of previous settings files to protect against accidental changes. These backup files are stored in the same folder as settings.json . The easiest way to locate them is to right‑click the settings.json tab in Visual Studio Code and choose “Show in Explorer”.
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