To start, terminal editors are limited to text rendering.
But native menus can have buttons, dropdowns, and input boxes.
Also, native menus are more readily explorable by users which teaches them what's possible. It places related functions near each other so the user can be aware of a function that's more applicable to their task at hand rather than the function they would have picked otherwise.
The native menus also include keyboard shortcut indicators and command pallet features which speed up a user's transition into a power user. You can see both here, the user types something in the search box at the top right, and then the relevant menu opens to reveal itself, related features, and keyboard shortcuts: https://images.macrumors.com/t/1nSQeW8SNfCYItiL2GsvvDYL1w0=/...
But native menus can have buttons, dropdowns, and input boxes.
Also, native menus are more readily explorable by users which teaches them what's possible. It places related functions near each other so the user can be aware of a function that's more applicable to their task at hand rather than the function they would have picked otherwise.
The native menus also include keyboard shortcut indicators and command pallet features which speed up a user's transition into a power user. You can see both here, the user types something in the search box at the top right, and then the relevant menu opens to reveal itself, related features, and keyboard shortcuts: https://images.macrumors.com/t/1nSQeW8SNfCYItiL2GsvvDYL1w0=/...