microsoft/Terminal

Tooltips should display keybindngs

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#6,469 opened on Jun 11, 2020

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

The tooltip for new tab, close etc should say the keybinding in brackets, for example: "New Tab (Ctrl+T). Although it would be hard to implement as users can change shortcuts.

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Research direction
Examine the tooltip creation code in the Terminal UI and the keybinding storage mechanism to dynamically retrieve and display the current shortcut.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
C++Windows Terminal UI
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60