I need to open a terminal in Visual Studio. I've tried
Re-installing VS Code
The usual Windows shut down / restart
Run vs code as admin
Change settings.json file
I didn't change anything but something is broken in my code Editor help needed :)
For Windows users:
Open PowerShell terminal (windows button + r -> cmd)
Right click on the title bar
Open properties
Check the "Use legacy console" checkbox
For Linux users:
Open VS Code
Ctrl + ,
Search env and find Terminal > Integrated> Env: Linux
Add this "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv": true to the object body
Press ctrl + `. It might work, and if it doesn't, try reinstalling the vs-code again and then try the above key combo again.
I am trying to set the https://github.com/mintty/mintty terminal installed by Cygwin as the default Visual Studio Code terminal with:
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "D:\\Cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe",
But it opens the Mintty.exe terminal on a new window, instead of show it as an embedded console.
Related thread I found about it:
How to change the integrated terminal in visual studio code or VSCode
How to Integrate babun shell in VS code
Is it possible to configure Babun/ZSH for the integrated terminal on Windows?
How to integrate terminal whth babun on windows?
You should use "D:\\Cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe" instead of mintty
cheers.
There are two terminal settings, you may want set them like this:
"terminal.external.windowsExec": "D:\\cygwin64\\bin\\mintty.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "D:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash.exe",
echo $SHELL
logged: /bin/zsh
why the built-in shell is still bash
what should I config vscode the to make the zsh works in the built-in terminal?
For those who are using MAC
Launch Visual Studio Code and go to Settings.
In Settings, click on the features dropdown and then on Terminal
Click on edit in settings.json (the icon at the top right) and add this line of code to the user settings json file:
"terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/zsh"
then you must close that terminal with the trash icon.
that's it, now if you open another terminal you should see the ZSH terminal.
#Ale's answer is no longer valid! It should be used the following instead:
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh"
You can set the terminal.integrated.shell.linux property as described here. If you need to pass arguments to zsh, use the terminal.integrated.shellArgs.linux property.
#ccoutinho updated Ale DC's answer to the proper path:
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh"
But I also needed Ale DC's extra tip to trash the currently displayed embedded terminal (clicking the trash icon at the top right of the terminal tab). Otherwise I had one instance showing zsh and another refused to show zsh and it was driving me crazy.
Hope that helps.
I was using clink with ConEmu for various node related tasks on windows, but now I'm trying Visual Studio code.
How do I inject clink into Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal, so that I can get real command history persistence between sessions, incremental history search, etc.?
With ConEmu I could inject clink by dropping the clink folder into a specified pickup directory.
I've tried using the path to the included clink bat file, and the clink exe in the VS Code setting terminal.integrated.shell.windows but these spawn and then close the command shell immediately.
Thanks!
I discovered that you can pass arguments to the integrated shell in Visual Studio Code. Combined with the cmd.exe /K option which Carries out the command specified by string but remains, clink can be injected.
In VS Code, go to File > Preferences > Settings or use Ctrl , and add the settings:
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["/K", "C:\\path\\to\\clink\\clink_x64.exe inject"]
This is the equivalent of opening a command prompt in Windows, and running clink_x64 inject.
It is not answer for your question, but there is another trick to see cmder and text editor in one window. You can open your text editor as another tab in cmder, which I described here:
https://medium.com/#WMorkowski/protip-integrating-cmder-with-text-editor-7f08a6e76de7
from article:
Run your cmder.
Go to āSettings -> Startup -> Environmentā
Type: set EDITOR_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe alias editor="%EDITOR_PATH%" $1 -new_console:s50V Where
in the first line you should type path to your text editor (I was
testing it on Visual Studio Code and Sublime, but it should work with
other editors).
Save your settings
Type āeditorā command in command line.
Whoa! We almost finished. But in most cases you donāt want console tab
to be attached to the top of the window. You should close console tab,
and open it again, paying attention to check āNew console split to
bottomā checkbox and choose the right console type. Now when you
finally set everything up, you should go to āSettings -> Startupā, and
check āAuto save/restore opened tabsā checkbox to save our new
workflow. Now every time you run cmder, your tabs setup will be
restored.
Expanding on my comment:
Open settings.json with:
File > Open > %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
And assuming you installed clink with the magic of chocolatey:
choco install clink-maintained
Then your clink_x64.exe lives here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\clink\clink_x64.exe
And the lines you add to settings.json look like:
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
"/K",
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\clink\\clink_x64.exe",
"inject",
"--profile",
"~\\clink"
],
Note the addition of --profile ... this allows the history to be persistent between vscode sessions.
Can we add multiple different terminals in the VS Code? I am planning to add following three terminal and work with all of those :
Windows Command prompt
PowerShell
Git Bash
I know I need to add the following command in Preferences => Setting
// // 64-bit cmd if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
// // 64-bit PowerShell if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
// // Git Bash
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
I want to add all of the above three commands in setting.json
And when I click + different terminal should open and I want to work with those terminals without changing the preferences.
Is it possible in VS Code or not?
There is a way to make this happens with these steps by installing an extension:
Find an extension called Shell launcher and install it or you can find it here. Reload VS Code if you want or after you finished all steps.
Go to Files --> Preferences --> Settings and this will open settings.json file and you then insert this (you can edit this to your heart's content):
Code:
"shellLauncher.shells.windows": [
{
"shell": "C:\\Windows\\<sysnative>\\cmd.exe",
"label": "cmd"
},
{
"shell": "C:\\Windows\\<sysnative>\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
"label": "PowerShell"
},
{
"shell": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
"label": "Git bash"
},
{
"shell": "C:\\Windows\\<sysnative>\\bash.exe",
"label": "WSL Bash"
}
]
PS: You can use shellLauncher.shells.linux for Linux or shellLauncher.shells.osx for macOS.
Go to Files --> Preferences --> Keyboard Shortcuts and then find on {} icon on the top right corner to open keybindings.json file. Insert this:
Code:
[
{ "key": "ctrl+alt+`", "command": "shellLauncher.launch" }
]
Update: Type shelllauncher into the search bar. You can then see Shell Launcher: Launch command. Highlight and use any keybinding you like. For example, I picked Ctrl + Alt + (backtick)` for myself.
You can reload your VS Code and click the key combination you have assigned and that will give you the option to choose which integrated terminal you want to use.
For more details, please check the official site: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Tyriar.shell-launcher
Enjoy!
Even the question is asked last year and the answer is accepted but still I feel to answer this question as I didn't found any simple, suitable and complete answer while as a development I need multiple terminal handy in a click like below:-
and I don't bother about their path, add another extension for what the VS Code is already capable of or reload VS Shell etc and go to insert and setup the settings files manually.
I found this question is asked many times and almost all landed up manually setup of write some settings etc. or sometimes only opted to get a single type of terminal. The answer of #Pawan is somewhat near but again that solution finally land up to a single terminal, going to command setup for switch terminal and this one will work for git or any other terminal.
If you have tools installed which worked on command line like power-shell and git along with default cmd prompt in windows then the follow the quick three steps to get all terminals at once and switch to anyone with a click.
Open terminal, it should be visible (use ctrl+` or from menu View-> Integrated Terminal )
Open commands search (use Ctrl+Shift+P or from menu View->Command Palette...)
In command box Type "Terminal: Select Default Shell" to select this option from drop down.
As you select this option, then all the available commands which are in path will be listed below like below
Just click any one which you like to add for quick access from command list.
Finally, in the terminal window, just click on + sign next to terminal list as shown below:-
The terminal selected in step 5 will now added after performing step6 to the list without removal of earlier terminal.
Repeat step 3-6 for adding any other terminal to command list.
To work with particular terminal just select the required one in the terminal list of the terminal window.
press ctrl + shift + ` shortcut, or press a cross sign to run new terminal, then type bash if your default mode is powershell or powershell if your default mode is bash. And here you are, your terminal is switched.
For now VS Code support defining only one of available terminals as default at a time and you can not add multiple shell terminals.
If you don't want to install "Shell Launcher" plugin as suggested by #ian0411 then here is a quick way to change/select default terminal.
Press "Ctrl + Shift + P" to open the Command Palette.
Type "Terminal: Select Default Shell" and hit enter. You will be prompted to select Git Bash, PowerShell or Cmd as shown below:
Note: This will change the default shell terminal but there is no harm changing it whenever you need to use another.
BTW, if you need to switch only between Cmd & Powershell then you can type cmd or powershell (in already opened terminal) to switch to desired terminal. But it would not work for Git Bash.
I don't see this in the above, but read all the answers. I think this is the best approach for what is supported right now. I believe, like myself, the OP simply wants to open VSCode, and down yonder on the terminal window, we just want a list of options to open from.
Yes, you can open the command, "Terminal: Select Default Shell" and loop through that to add various types of terminals...
Followed by:
I don't know when this option was added to the dropdown, but look! No need to start by looking up the command. I think this is a lot smoother than any other answer, but it still results in the annoying overwrite of your default term to whatever your last choice was before leaving session.
Here, we can more easily open the Select Default Shell - it should support "Select New Shell". Simple, you'd think. Hopefully someone adds that soon or I have time to contribute.
I'm fairly certain that these are old-style settings.json and won't work as discussed in VS Code 2021. The new style looks like:
...
"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows":
{ "Bash":
{ "path": ["C:\\Programs\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"],
"icon": "terminal-bash",
},
"Command Prompt":
{ "path": ["${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"],
"args": [],
"icon": "terminal-cmd"
},
"PowerShell":
{ "path": ["C:\\Programs\\PowerShell\\pwsh.exe"],
"source": "PowerShell",
"args": [],
"icon": "terminal-powershell"
},
},
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Bash"
...
That will get you access to Command and PowerShells and set bash as the default shell (my preference). If you want to launch a standalone application like git-bash, you will need something else.
As of https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_35 you can now:
select from the pulldown menu directly above the terminal "Select Default Shell"
select the one you like
click the +
done
(the same goes for opening split screen: before this do 1 + 2 and then click the split screen button)
(although overriding the default but does no longer matter if this is your flow)
This can be done by adding a different key at the end. By just changing your example to:
// // 64-bit cmd if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\cmd.exe",
// // 64-bit PowerShell if available, otherwise 32-bit
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows2": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
// // Git Bash
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows3": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
Note that the key ...shell.windows is changed to ...shell.windows2 and ...shell.windows3.
Follow-up finding: I've noticed that once restart of the IDE, only the first terminal gets displayed. I had to reopen the settings and save it once to get both the terminals again. Will post if any better solution available.
In the terminal tab, there's a Split Terminal button. Works like a charm
To open the multiple terminal please check the screen shot for the same(on the right bottom of the visual studio code their will be a dropdown and just after it, their is +(plus) icon . On pressing it the new terminal will open.).
The recommended way to automatically open multiple terminal windows is to use the Tasks feature. See Automating launching of terminals in the VS Code documentation.
For WSL Ubuntu on Windows terminal:
File -> preferences -> settings -> click code icon in top right
Enter the following:
{
"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\wsl.exe",
"git.enableSmartCommit": true
}