Feature Request: Customize confirmation prompt before exit.

[gdevacc12]

Feature request: A confirmation prompt before terminal app exit.
For example, if there are multiple tabs open, upon initiation of exit a prompt to confirm or cancel exit.

Particularly with the case when multiple tabs open, prompting the user to think before closing multiple tabs may prevent a accidental loss of work/processing in tabs that are not in the foreground.

Perhaps make the prompt configurable in settings with the options:

• disabled (no prompt before exit)
• multiple (prompt if multiple tabs open)
• always (prompt always before exit - for a check before closing even a single open tab)

• Add a "remember my decision" checkbox to our confirmation dialogs #6641 add a "remember" checkbox

[DHowett-MSFT]

We'll use this to track the work to connect #1589 to the close button.

[dpopiashvili]

Would be nice if it will be configurable per profile. I don't need confirmation when closing cmd tab, but might need one if I'm using SSH

[stela2502]

I am using the terminal app together with the WLS and R.

If I am in a similar situation using Ubuntu the terminal asks if I close a tab that contains a running process. If I have a resting tab with just the command prompt waiting for some input I can close the tab without any questions, but if I have an R or ssh session running I get the confirmation dialogue.

I think this would actually be the best way to make everybody kind of happy - right?

[jroskey]

New user here, and am loving the new Windows Terminal. In regards to the 'Prompt on close' Can there please be a 'Remember my answer' option to prevent it from coming up every time if we don't want it to? Or can this be done in the Setting .json file?

Thanks in advance!

[DHowett]

You can set confirmCloseOnExit to false. Check out the documentation! 😄

[jroskey]

You can set confirmCloseOnExit to false. Check out the documentation! 😄

Thank you!!!!

[ouweiya]

This is now "confirmCloseAllTabs"

[jroskey]

Works like a Charm, Thank you sir!

[fgimian]

Is there a way to always confirm when closing (even with a single tab)? I just hit Alt+F4 by mistake on a Terminal window which was half way through a PowerShell script and wasn't prompted. I'm not sure if there's a way to detect a running action, but ideally it should never exit without prompt while a script or similar is running in the window imho.

Huge thanks
Fotis

[Chips1234]

Is there a way to always confirm when closing (even with a single tab)? I just hit Alt+F4 by mistake on a Terminal window which was half way through a PowerShell script and wasn't prompted. I'm not sure if there's a way to detect a running action, but ideally it should never exit without prompt while a script or similar is running in the window imho.

Huge thanks

Fotis

@fgimian sorry for the late reply! I'm working on implementing it right now

[fgimian]

Is there a way to always confirm when closing (even with a single tab)? I just hit Alt+F4 by mistake on a Terminal window which was half way through a PowerShell script and wasn't prompted. I'm not sure if there's a way to detect a running action, but ideally it should never exit without prompt while a script or similar is running in the window imho.
Huge thanks
Fotis

@fgimian sorry for the late reply! I'm working on implementing it right now

Thank you so much! 😄

[Chips1234]

You’re welcome!

[mailinglists35]

ooops, I've closed a tab by mistake. not big work lost, but I was just an ENTER keypress away from starting a long script.
what is the status of this?

[zadjii-msft]

what is the status of this?

I've got about 50% of the spec written over in: #6549 (comment). Just needs time to flush that out to a proper doc, and implement it.

[stiltet]

The confirmCloseAllTabs is not enough. It needs to confirm also if only one tab but multiple windows in that tab is present. I just work and time now because it closes without confirmation... 😒

[zadjii-msft]

@stiltet Yep, that's all a part of #6549 (comment)

[coopstah13]

How about hiding the close X except on the active tab? Typically the ones I accidentally close are not the tab I'm currently active in (because I'm trying to switch tabs). Perhaps if you hover long enough on the tab the X appears, but it seems like it would prevent a lot of accidents if you have to activate the tab first before you can close it.

[zadjii-msft]

@coopstah13 That particular element we're tracking in #3335, namely, #3335 (comment)

[AkikoOrenji]

is still still waiting deployment ? I just lost a bunch of work by hitting the x on a tab by mistake (no prompt if i meant it) :(

[zadjii-msft]

Yep. There still hasn't been any progress on formalizing #6549 (comment) nor any work done to actually implement that yet.