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Quick Terminal

Quick Terminal

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Open an external terminal by the press of a button
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Quick Terminal

ext install fooxly.quick-terminal

Version Installs Ratings License: MIT

What is Quick Terminal

A package by Fooxly.

Quick Terminal is the easiest method to open a native console. By just a press of a button a terminal is created at the workspace base folder or the selected file its folder.

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⚙️  Available Settings

  • quickterminal.priority: The priority given to the statusbar button (0 by default)

    "quickterminal.priority": <number>
    

Known issues

My terminal won't open

Unfortunately, there are some cases where VS Code can't find the right terminal on your OS to use.

How do I fix it?

Configure "terminal.explorerKind" in your settings.json, and set one of the following options based on your operating system:

Note: Remember to replace the values below with your preferred Terminal app

macOS

"terminal.external.osxExec": "Terminal.app"

Windows

"terminal.external.windowsExec": "‪C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

Linux (eg. Ubuntu)

"terminal.external.linuxExec": "xterm"

License

MIT © Fooxly

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