microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Add hyperlink support to conhost

Open
#7,564 0 comments 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Area-Interaction Issue-Task Product-Conhost
Dominant language
C++
Stars
105k
Forks
9.6k
Avg merge
3d 17h
Merged PRs (30d)
29

Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently, conhost supports OSC 8 sequences but does not support clicking/opening links. We should have conhost support this.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating conhost's existing handling of OSC 8 sequences and understanding how console input and link activation are represented. Define how a user should click or open a supported link, then verify that OSC 8 hyperlinks can be activated in conhost without affecting ordinary console interaction.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.