Cant's select text when using shift + left and right arrows

[emirkugic]

Windows Terminal version

1.18.3181.0

Windows build number

No response

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Tried to select text with shift and arrow keys, but failed to do so

Expected Behavior

Select text like with a text editor

Actual Behavior

Only cursor moved left and right

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Closed similar issues:

• Text selection using keyboard (Shift + arrow keys) (#2372), similarity score: 0.83
• Keyboard text selection with Shift not working (#7921), similarity score: 0.83
• Selection with the shift key does not actually select (#13369), similarity score: 0.81

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[zadjii-msft]

Thanks bot, I'll follow that chain of issues to /dup #11985

From that thread: adding the following to your settings will enable this:

  {
      "command":
      {
          "action": "markMode"
      },
      "keys": "shift+left"
  },

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

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!