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Workspace Root Terminal

Workspace Root Terminal

Jean Castro

| (0) | Free
Open a terminal at the root of your multi-root workspace (the folder that holds the .code-workspace file) in one click, no folder picker.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Workspace Root Terminal

Open a terminal at the root of your multi-root workspace in one click.

In a .code-workspace with several folders, VS Code always asks which folder to open a new terminal in. The workspace root, meaning the folder that holds the .code-workspace file, is never on that list. Workspace Root Terminal adds it back without adding the root as a folder.

Workspace Root Terminal opening a terminal at the workspace root

Features

  • Root terminal button. A dedicated button in the terminal panel (a folder with >_) opens a terminal at the workspace root right away, with no picker.
  • "Workspace Root" profile in the native ⌄ menu next to +.
  • `Ctrl+`` with no terminal open goes straight to the root instead of the folder picker.
  • Use it as the default: run Terminal: Select Default Profile → Workspace Root to make + open at the root too.

In single-folder windows, everything opens in that folder.

Why not a setting?

  • terminal.integrated.cwd sends every terminal to one place.
  • The folder picker behind + can't be extended.

This extension leaves both alone and gives the root its own entry point.

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