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sendInput doesn't seem to work in multipleActions

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#13,444 opened on Jul 6, 2022

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.15.1863.0

Windows build number

10.0.22824.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

I'm attempting to open a new tab and then send input in that new tab using the multipleActions command.

{
    "command": 
    {
        "action": "multipleActions",
        "actions": [
            {
                "action": "newTab"
            },
            {
                "action": "sendInput",
                "input": "\u001b[A"
            }
        ]
    },
    "name": "Send Input Test"
},

Expected Behavior

The new tab should have the input sent from sendInput, which in this case is as if I pressed the up arrow in my buffer.

Actual Behavior

sendInput seems to be completely ignored and my input line is empty.

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Research direction
Examine the multipleActions handler and trace the sendInput action to see if it's properly queued or executed after newTab creates the tab.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
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