microsoft/Terminal

Open a new pane by prompting the user for which profile to use

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#3,586 opened on Nov 14, 2019

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Bear with me for a second. Somebody suggested this in another issue, and I wonder if we should consider it here.

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The new pane is focused, and put in a [number entry] or [search for profiles by name] mode, just like one of our earlier issues suggested.

We probably want that UI anyway, since it has some benefits. Thoughts?

Originally posted by @DHowett-MSFT in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1756#issuecomment-507507450

See also #998, #1756, #1000

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Review the current logic for opening new panes in the Terminal, understand the profile selection UI, and consider implementing a searchable profile list prompt that appears when opening a new pane.
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