Terminal Input

A very simple VSCode extension for setting key bindings that send custom input to the active terminal.

Motivation

The main shell I use is PowerShell. The default key binding in PowerShell to add a new line to the prompt without completing the command is shift + enter. In VSCode, this doesn't work and the shift modifier is lost.

So the entire point of this extension is so that I can rebind shift + enter to some other input that the integrated terminal can accept, and then handle it within PSReadLine.

Fixing shift+enter for PowerShell

1. Add this to your settings.json file.

   "terminal.integrated.commandsToSkipShell": [ "terminalInput.sendCustomInput" ],
   "terminalInput.customInputs": { "heartEmojiWithAlt": "\u001b\u2665" },
   

2. Add this to your keybindings.json file.

   {
       "key": "shift+enter",
       "command": "terminalInput.sendCustomInput",
       "args": [ "heartEmojiWithAlt" ],
       "when": "terminalFocus"
   }
   

3. Add this to your $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts file.

   if ($env:TERM_PROGRAM -eq 'vscode') {
       Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord "alt+$([char]0x2665)" -Function AddLine
   }