Terminal in New Window

Open a VS Code terminal in a new VS Code window (native floating terminal) via:

a status bar button at the bottom: $(terminal) New Window Terminal
the command palette: Terminal: Open terminal in a new window

With a configurable default command executed on launch (e.g. npm run dev).

Usage

Click New Window Terminal at the bottom right, or Ctrl+Shift+P → Open terminal in a new window.
VS Code creates a terminal and moves it into a new window, cd into the workspace folder, and runs your default command.

Requires VS Code 1.85+ for floating terminal windows (workbench.action.terminal.moveIntoNewWindow). On older versions the terminal opens in the current window instead.

Settings (`termInNewWin.*`)

Setting	Default	Description
`defaultCommand`	`""`	Command executed on launch (e.g. `npm run dev`). Empty = interactive shell.
`workingDirectory`	`${workspaceFolder}`	Startup folder. Supports `${workspaceFolder}`, `${home}`, `~`.
`terminalName`	`Terminal (new window)`	Name of the created VS Code terminal.
`dynamicTitle`	`true`	Ghostty-style title: tab follows the running command, back to folder when idle.
`titleIdleFormat`	`${folder} — ${shell}`	Idle format (`${folder}`, `${shell}`, `${cwd}`).
`titleRunningFormat`	`${process} — ${folder}`	Running format (`${command}`, `${process}`, `${folder}`, `${cwd}`, `${shell}`).
`showInStatusBar`	`true`	Show the bottom button.
`statusBarText`	`$(terminal) New Window Terminal`	Button text (`$(...)` icons supported).
`statusBarTooltip`	`...`	Button tooltip.

settings.json example:

{
  "termInNewWin.defaultCommand": "npm run dev",
  "termInNewWin.terminalName": "dev",
  "termInNewWin.showInStatusBar": true
}

Terminal in New Window

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Terminal in New Window

Usage

Settings (termInNewWin.*)

Settings (`termInNewWin.*`)