In a multi-root workspace, the Explorer sidebar reveals the workspace
folder of the focused terminal's working directory. Click a terminal,
get that project's file tree — no manual navigation, no second click.
Built for terminal-centric workflows: multi-project windows, monitor panes,
agent cockpits. If you keep one workspace window open with many project
folders and many terminals, this keeps the file list where your attention
already is.
How it works
When the active terminal changes (you click into another pane), the
extension reads the terminal's current working directory from VS Code's
shell integration and reveals the containing workspace folder in the
Explorer.
When the focused terminal changes directory into a different root
(cd ../other-project), the Explorer follows again.
Terminals whose working directory is outside every workspace folder are
skipped silently.
Requirements
Shell integration must be active in your shells (it is by default for
PowerShell, bash, zsh, fish and others). The directory signal also survives
multiplexers such as tmux when the inner shell reports its cwd.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
explorerFollowsTerminal.enabled
true
Reveal the focused terminal's workspace folder in the Explorer.
explorerFollowsTerminal.focusView
false
Also move keyboard focus to the Explorer view (by default the tree is revealed, not focused).
