I am becoming rather fond of Windows Terminal, I'm running the latest preview under Windows 11. I have it setup to run CMD, CMD as Admin, Powershell, the latest Powershell Preview, Ubuntu (WSL), and, of course, TCC. When I launch an application (Notepad, for instance) from TCC inside WT, the launched application does not receive focus, the focus stays with the TCC window inside WT. This does not happen with CMD or Powershell or Ubuntu. And it does not happen when I'm running TCC from Conhost or TCMD. Any ideas how to fix this?
TCC does not pass focus to applications launched by TCC from Windows Terminal
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It happens with all applications that launch in their own window, the new window does not get focus. And yes, simply typing "notepad" at the prompt causes this behavior.
{
"commandline": "C:\\TCMD\\tcc.exe",
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-4271-96e7-119a87ff43bf}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "JPSoft TCC"
},
{
"commandline": "C:\\TCMD\\tcc.exe",
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-4271-96e7-119a87ff43bf}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "JPSoft TCC"
},
Charles Dye
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Works as expected here. However, I'm using a release version of Terminal: 1.12.10982.0. If this only happens in the preview version, then it's probably a bug which should be reported to the Terminal team.
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FWIW, ....0 is what WT calls the "StoreVersion". Depending on access to the file you might be able to get a "BinaryVersion" (which seems more revealing) like this (below). I have no access problem because I install (to d:\wt and d:\wtp) by simply unzipping. My (recently edited) VER.BTM contains
It reports
Code:
set xmlfile="%[wtpath]buildinfo.xml"
set wtver=%@xmlgetattr[%xmlfile,BinaryVersion]It reports
Code:
TCC 28.02.18 x64
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
10.0.19044.1706 (2009, 21H2)
WindowsTerminalPreview 1.14.2205.23002Okay, mystery solved. It is definitely the Windows Terminal Preview. I navigated down to
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.12.10983.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
and from there ran
wt c:\tcmd\tcc.exe
That instance behaved in the way I expected, when I launch Notepad, focus goes to the newly created Notepad window.
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.12.10983.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
and from there ran
wt c:\tcmd\tcc.exe
That instance behaved in the way I expected, when I launch Notepad, focus goes to the newly created Notepad window.
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So the store is ahead of GitHub! I always get the latest two (release/preview) from GitHub and install by simply unzipping to the locations of my choice.
I have to wonder if your 1.14.2205.25002 (vs. my 23002) is the culprit. I mentioned the 23002/25002 discrepancy in the WT forum. There has been no further comment.
Okay, that worked. I did a quick comparison of the values shown by "OPTION" command, and the main difference was this:
GlobalAliases=No
GlobalDirHistory=No
GlobalFunctions=No
GlobalHistory=No
HistLogOn=No
LocalAliases=Yes
LocalDirHistory=Yes
LocalFunctions=Yes
LocalHistory=Yes
The defaults are for Global = Yes, Local = No. I have changed that to Global = No, Local = Yes
If I shift back to Global from Local in my TCMD.INI file, then the problem goes away in Windows Terminal Preview.
I often have multiple tabs for TCC in WT, and I like to have different history in each to scroll back through.
GlobalAliases=No
GlobalDirHistory=No
GlobalFunctions=No
GlobalHistory=No
HistLogOn=No
LocalAliases=Yes
LocalDirHistory=Yes
LocalFunctions=Yes
LocalHistory=Yes
The defaults are for Global = Yes, Local = No. I have changed that to Global = No, Local = Yes
If I shift back to Global from Local in my TCMD.INI file, then the problem goes away in Windows Terminal Preview.
I often have multiple tabs for TCC in WT, and I like to have different history in each to scroll back through.
Okay, forget everything I said previously, it appears that I was overlooking something. It now appears that the FIRST tab in Windows Terminal Preview exhibits the problem. I have things set so that any shell type application (TCC, CMD, Powershell, Powershell Preview, or Ubuntu Bash will open in Windows Terminal Preview. And whatever I start first has the problem that focus stays in that tab when a separate program is launched. Anything that I launch in a new, separate tab, does not have the problem.
I was misled by the fact that I always start TCC first, as it is my most used shell type application. From there, I start CMD or PowerShell, as needed, in a separate tab. My apologies for the confusion.
I was misled by the fact that I always start TCC first, as it is my most used shell type application. From there, I start CMD or PowerShell, as needed, in a separate tab. My apologies for the confusion.
Yes, I have been following the thread. Looks like they have a fix, but I'm guessing we will have to wait for the next preview release to see that fix. No big deal, just an annoyance. I kinda sorta understood in a vague way what they were discussing, but definitely not all of the details.
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There is a new preview as of a few hours ago.