I would to have Ctrl + C mapped to Cmd + C only for terminal context. How do I do that?
Hi @mehtajinesh , you can achieve this by defining a Trigger specifically for the terminal application. Check out the BTT docs to see how to do this: Global and App Specific Triggers · GitBook
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I want to acheive it for all terminals like shell and inside VSCode as well. Is it possible to do it in one trigger rule using setting some common condition or I need to map it based on every application?
Here are the steps to achieve this:
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Include the name of the focused view in your IDE so that when the integrated terminal has focus, the window title will include the text
Terminal. To achieve this in VSCode, add the following to your Settings file located at~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json:"window.title": "${activeEditorShort}${separator}${focusedView}${separator}${rootName}", "window.titleBarStyle": "custom",The same setup can be applied to other IDEs. For example, for Cursor, add the above JSON to this file
~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/settings.json. -
Create a Conditional Activation Group (CAG) such that it returns True if any of these conditions are true:
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The active application name is one of the Terminal apps you use (e.g. iTerm2, Terminal, etc.)
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The active application name is any of the IDEs you use (e.g. Code, Cursor, etc.) and the active Window Name contains
Terminal(this is possible thanks to step #1).appName == "iTerm2" OR appName == "Terminal" OR (windowName CONTAINS "Terminal" AND (appName == "Code" OR appName == "Cursor"))
- Inside your CAG, add your trigger and action to map Ctrl + C to Cmd + C.
With this setup, Ctrl + C will map to Cmd + C if and only if the CAG is active.
Hope this helps!
EDIT:
Link to BTT docs regarding CAGs: Global and App Specific Triggers · GitBook
link to pull request implementing the
focusedViewfeature: add `focusedView` variable to window title by meganrogge · Pull Request #190613 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub