Terminal Command Favorites

Save the terminal commands you use most often and run them without retyping them. Terminal Command Favorites adds a dedicated view to the VS Code Activity Bar and keeps favorites in either your user settings or the current workspace.

Features

• Run commands quickly from the Command Palette, the Favorites view's play button, or by double-clicking a favorite. Commands run in the active terminal, or in a new terminal when none is open.
• Add favorites manually with an optional display label.
• Add a recently executed command without copying and pasting it. Recent-command capture uses VS Code terminal shell integration.
• Choose where favorites live: User favorites are available in every workspace, while Workspace favorites are stored only for the current workspace.
• Organize with drag and drop. Reorder favorites within a settings group, drag them onto the other group to change scope, or use the context-menu action to move them between scopes.
• Filter by label or command from the Favorites view toolbar.
• Edit, copy, or delete a favorite from its inline and context-menu actions.
• See command details at a glance with command previews, full-command tooltips, per-scope counts, and an Activity Bar badge showing the total number of favorites.
• Edit favorites directly in Settings using either simple command strings or labeled command objects.

Getting started

1. Open Terminal Favorites in the Activity Bar.
2. Select Add Favorite in the empty view, or use the add button beside the User Settings or Workspace Settings group.
3. Enter the command and, optionally, a shorter label.
4. Double-click the favorite or select its play button to run it.

You can also use these commands from the Command Palette:

• Terminal Command Favorites: Run Favorite Command
• Terminal Command Favorites: Add Favorite
• Terminal Command Favorites: Add Favorite from Recent Commands
• Terminal Command Favorites: Open Settings

To add from recent commands, first run a command in a terminal with shell integration enabled. The extension keeps up to 20 unique commands observed during the current VS Code session.

Configuration

The terminalCommandFavorites.commands setting accepts command strings:

{
  "terminalCommandFavorites.commands": [
    "npm test",
    "git status"
  ]
}

Use objects when a command should have a custom label:

{
  "terminalCommandFavorites.commands": [
    {
      "label": "Run unit tests",
      "command": "npm test"
    },
    {
      "label": "Start development server",
      "command": "npm run dev"
    }
  ]
}

Set the value in User Settings to make the favorites global, or in Workspace Settings (for example, .vscode/settings.json) to keep them project-specific. Both scopes appear together in the Favorites view and in the command picker.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.109.0 or later
• Terminal shell integration for recent-command capture; all other features work without it

License

MIT