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In Visual Studio Code, you can open an integrated terminal, initially starting at the root of your workspace. This can be convenient as you don't have to switch windows or alter the state of an existing terminal to perform a quick command-line task.

To open the terminal:

Use the ⌃` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+`) keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.
Use the View > Terminal menu command.
From the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)), use the View: Toggle Integrated Terminal command.

Note: You can still open an external shell with the ⇧⌘C (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+C) keyboard shortcut if you prefer to work outside VS Code.

Managing multiple terminals

You can create multiple terminals open to different locations and easily navigate between them. Terminal instances can be added by clicking the plus icon on the top-right of the TERMINAL panel or by triggering the ⌃⇧` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+`) command. This action creates another entry in the drop-down list that can be used to switch between them.

Remove terminal instances by pressing the trash can button.

Tip: If you use multiple terminals extensively, you can add key bindings for the focusNext, focusPrevious and kill commands outlined in the Key Bindings section to allow navigation between them using only the keyboard.

Terminal Splitting

You can also split the terminal by triggering the ⌘ (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+5) command or via the right click context menu.

When focusing a split terminal pane, you can move focus and resize using one of the following commands:

Key	Command
⌥⌘← (Windows, Linux Alt+Left)	Focus Previous Pane
⌥⌘→ (Windows, Linux Alt+Right)	Focus Next Pane
⌃⌘← (Windows , Linux Ctrl+Shift+Left)	Resize Pane Left
⌃⌘→ (Windows , Linux Ctrl+Shift+Right)	Resize Pane Right
⌃⌘↑ (Windows, Linux )	Resize Pane Up
⌃⌘↓ (Windows, Linux )	Resize Pane Down

Configuration

The shell used defaults to $SHELL on Linux and macOS, PowerShell on Windows 10 and cmd.exe on earlier versions of Windows. These can be overridden manually by setting terminal.integrated.shell.* in user settings. Arguments can be passed to the terminal shell using the terminal.integrated.shellArgs.* user settings.

Note: For enhanced security, such settings can only be defined in user settings and not at workspace scope.

Windows

For Windows there is a convenient shell selector located inside the terminal dropdown that lets you choose between several detected shells including Command Prompt, PowerShell, PowerShell Core, Git Bash and WSL Bash. The Terminal: Select Default Shell command is also available through the Command Palette if you prefer to access it there.

Just like on other platforms you can fine tune the exact executable used in your settings file, for example:

Note: To be used as an integrated terminal, the shell executable must be a console application so that stdin/stdout/stderr can be redirected.

Tip: The integrated terminal shell is running with the permissions of VS Code. If you need to run a shell command with elevated (administrator) or different permissions, you can use platform utilities such as runas.exe within a terminal.

Shell arguments

You can pass arguments to the shell when it is launched.

For example, to enable running bash as a login shell (which runs .bash_profile), pass in the -l argument (with double quotes):

Using variables

The shell, shellArgs, env and cwd terminal settings all support resolving variables:

Terminal display settings

You can customize the integrated terminal font and line height with the following settings:

terminal.integrated.fontFamily
terminal.integrated.fontSize
terminal.integrated.fontWeight
terminal.integrated.fontWeightBold
terminal.integrated.lineHeight

Terminal keybindings

The View: Toggle Integrated Terminal command is bound to ⌃` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+`) to quickly toggle the integrated terminal panel in and out of view.

Below are the keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate within the integrated terminal:

Key	Command
⌃` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+`)	Show integrated terminal
⌃⇧` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+`)	Create new terminal
⌥⌘PageUp (Windows Ctrl+Alt+PageUp, Linux Ctrl+Shift+Up)	Scroll up
⌥⌘PageDown (Windows Ctrl+Alt+PageDown, Linux Ctrl+Shift+Down)	Scroll down
PageUp (Windows, Linux Shift+PageUp)	Scroll page up
PageDown (Windows, Linux Shift+PageDown)	Scroll page down
⌘Home (Windows Ctrl+Home, Linux Shift+Home)	Scroll to top
⌘End (Windows Ctrl+End, Linux Shift+End)	Scroll to bottom
⌘K (Windows, Linux )	Clear the terminal

Other terminal commands are available and can be bound to your preferred keyboard shortcuts.

They are:

workbench.action.terminal.focus: Focus the terminal. This is like toggle but focuses the terminal instead of hiding it, if it is visible.
workbench.action.terminal.focusNext: Focuses the next terminal instance.
workbench.action.terminal.focusPrevious: Focuses the previous terminal instance.
workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndexN: Focuses the terminal at index N (N=1-9)
workbench.action.terminal.kill: Remove the current terminal instance.
workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText: Run the selected text in the terminal instance.
workbench.action.terminal.runActiveFile: Run the active file in the terminal instance.

Copy & Paste

The keybindings for copy and paste follow platform standards:

Linux: Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V
macOS: Cmd+C and Cmd+V
Windows: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V

Right click behavior

The right click behavior differs based on the platform:

Linux: Show the context menu.
macOS: Select the word under the cursor and show the context menu.
Windows: Copy and drop selection if there is a selection, otherwise paste.

This can be configured using the <

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