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[Feature] Show current directory content in a UI panel above the terminal #14354

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rrmistry opened this issue Nov 8, 2022 · 6 comments
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[Feature] Show current directory content in a UI panel above the terminal #14354

rrmistry opened this issue Nov 8, 2022 · 6 comments
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Issue-Feature Complex enough to require an in depth planning process and actual budgeted, scheduled work. Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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rrmistry commented Nov 8, 2022 •
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Description of the new feature/enhancement

As a user of Windows Terminal, I often need to change directory and then immediately list contents of this directory. It would be helpful if the Windows Terminal could display current directory contents upon changing current folder, and list contents in a user interface panel just above the terminal.

A good use-case is navigating a directory that you are not familiar with or have not visited in some time.

Known Workarounds:

For PowerShell, this can be automated using an Alias, but it would be good to have this functionality out of box if possible. This would cover a generalized use-case for all terminal / shell types.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

A very helpful implementation of this exists for Azure App Service Tools (Kudu) shown below:

Terminal_With_Folder_Preview

Future Enhancements

It would be helpful to sort directory contents by default using user-defined sorting methods. For example: DateModified Ascending/Descending, Name, Type, Extension, etc.
@rrmistry rrmistry added the Issue-Feature Complex enough to require an in depth planning process and actual budgeted, scheduled work. label Nov 8, 2022
@ghost ghost added Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting Needs-Tag-Fix Doesn't match tag requirements labels Nov 8, 2022
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zadjii-msft commented Nov 8, 2022 •
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Great suggestion! I suspect this is the same as #5591, yea? I kinda co-opted that thread to mean "explorer in Terminal" since "terminal in explorer" was kinda impossible

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rrmistry commented Nov 8, 2022 •
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Great suggestion! I suspect this is the same as #5591, yea? I kinda co-opted that thread to mean "explorer in Terminal" since "terminal in explorer" was kinda impossible

Agree completely. Would be easier to implement explorer in this product (Windows Terminal) instead of having a dependency on another product (Windows Explorer)

I'm ok to mark this as a duplicate if needed. Just wanted to share the idea.

Thanks!

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/dup #5591

thanks!

@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Nov 8, 2022
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ghost commented Nov 8, 2022

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!

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@ghost ghost added Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing. and removed Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting Needs-Tag-Fix Doesn't match tag requirements labels Nov 8, 2022
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It looks terrible.

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😜

I can totally see how it'd be useful to have a sidebar that automatically populates with the CWD's contents (for some version of that being possible)

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