[Window Terimal Preview - Tearout tab] : User is not able to perform the 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab functionality using keyboard.

[Saiteja341]

Windows Terminal version

1.18.902.0

Windows build number

25324.1011

Other Software

Test Environment:
OS: Windows 11 Version Dev (OS Build 25324.1011)
App: Windows Terminal Preview
Screen Reader: Narrator

Steps to reproduce

Repro Steps:

1.Open Windows Terminal.
2.Open multiple 'Command prompt' using 'Ctrl + Shift + 1' keys.
3.Now try to perform 'Tearout' and 'Transfer' tab functionality using keyboard.
4.Observe the issue.

Users Experience:
Users who rely on keyboard will get impacted here & fail to use the functionality effectively.

Guideline link:
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#keyboard

Attachments:
User is not able to perform the 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab functionality using keyboard..zip

Expected Behavior

User should be able to perform the 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab functionality using keyboard.

Even shortcut should be defined to perform 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab- functionality.

Actual Behavior

User is not able to perform the 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab functionality using keyboard.

Even no shortcut is defined for 'Tearout', 'Transfer' tab- functionality

[zadjii-msft]

@Saiteja341 The user is free to define actions like:

        { "keys": "f1", "command": { "action": "moveTab", "window": "1" }, },
        { "keys": "f2", "command": { "action": "moveTab", "window": "2" }, },
        { "keys": "f3", "command": { "action": "movePane", "window": "1" }, },
        { "keys": "f4", "command": { "action": "movePane", "window": "2" }, },

in their settings, which would allow them to move tabs / panes to other windows using just the keyboard. Is that sufficient?

[Saiteja341]

Hi @zadjii-msft ,

Thanks for providing these command but what if a user doesn't know about these commands, they will not able to perform this functionality.

It should be either pre-define in the terminal's action, So that user might we able to use this functionality with keyboard shortcuts.

[zadjii-msft]

@Saiteja341 Would a default action for "move this tab/pane to a new window" be sufficient here? It should be fairly trivial for us to add a pair of

        { "command": { "action": "moveTab", "window": "new" }, },
        { "command": { "action": "movePane", "window": "new" }, },

default actions, and have them just work out of the box.

[zadjii-msft]

@Saiteja341 gentle ping ☺️ Would a default action for "move this tab/pane to a new window" be sufficient here?

[zadjii-msft]

We added the above actions in #15258. If those are insufficient, OP can feel free to reopen.