Terminal Filter for VS Code

Terminal output filtering for VS Code. Type a pattern and only matching lines are shown.

The extension captures terminal output via the Shell Integration API and displays it in a dedicated Terminal Filter panel with real-time filtering, regex support, and match highlighting.

Usage

Open the Terminal Filter panel from the bottom panel tabs
Run commands in the integrated terminal
Type a filter pattern — only matching lines are shown with their original line numbers

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Cmd+Shift+F` (Mac) / `Ctrl+Shift+F` (Win/Linux)	Focus the filter panel (when terminal is focused)
`Escape`	Clear the filter pattern

Filter bar controls

.* — Toggle regex mode
Aa — Toggle case sensitivity
Trash icon — Clear the captured output buffer

Commands

Terminal Filter: Focus Terminal Filter — Open and focus the filter panel
Terminal Filter: Clear Captured Output — Clear the output buffer
Terminal Filter: Clear Filter Pattern — Reset the filter

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`terminalFilter.defaultRegex`	`false`	Start in regex mode
`terminalFilter.defaultCaseSensitive`	`false`	Case-sensitive matching by default
`terminalFilter.maxBufferLines`	`50000`	Maximum lines kept in the capture buffer
`terminalFilter.contextLines`	`0`	Lines of context to show around matches

Requirements

VS Code 1.100+
Shell integration must be enabled in the terminal (enabled by default in modern VS Code with bash/zsh)

Limitations

Only captures output from commands executed after the extension activates — previous terminal history is not available
Shell integration must be supported by your shell for output capture to work

Install from source

npm install
npm run compile
vsce package --allow-missing-repository
code --install-extension vscode-terminal-filter-0.1.0.vsix

Development

npm install
npm run watch

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host.

License

MIT

Terminal Filter

Alex Silva