Keyboard Shortcut to clear terminal

[kevinjosethomas]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I clear my terminal after almost every command as I prefer keeping things clean, without having to scroll up; I think quite a few other people use the clear command a lot too. Always typing in clear or cls is a hassle.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Add a keyboard shortcut that automatically clears the open terminal using cls or clear. I was wondering if it was possible to have a built-in keyboard shortcut that automatically clears the terminal, something that is easy to access but not already used by another function.

[237dmitry]

A good idea. But do not remove scroll-up Ctrl+L

[firstaidguyheru]

You damn near read my mind.

[zadjii-msft]

Thanks for the suggestion! #1802 has a lot more details on why this is currently hard to do.

You might be able to get away with

        { "command": { "action": "sendInput", "input": "clear\r" }, "keys":"ctrl+k", "name": "clear terminal" },

which will manually send "clearenter" to the terminal. Adjust as needed for your preferred shell.

/dup #1882

[ghost]

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!