The Right Terminal 🚀

An elegant VS Code extension that launches a dedicated, fully-featured terminal inside your Editor Area and automatically positions it on the right side of your editor grid.

Perfect for running interactive CLI-based AI tools (like aider, gpt-cli, or llm) side-by-side with your code, while keeping your default bottom terminal panel completely free for other tasks!

Features ✨

Separated Editor Terminal: Runs your CLI inside a real editor tab, allowing you to position it anywhere in your editor grid.
Instant Triggers: Launch or focus the right terminal with three quick entrypoints:
1. Keyboard Shortcut: Press Cmd+Alt+T (macOS) or Ctrl+Alt+T (Windows/Linux) to toggle.
2. Status Bar Button: Click the $(terminal) Right Terminal button in the bottom right status bar.
3. Editor Title Icon: Click the terminal button ($(terminal)) in the top-right of your active editor tab menu.
Auto-Command Execution: Set a default command (e.g. aider or llm) to run automatically when the terminal is created.
Focus Preservation: Keep your cursor focus in your active code file automatically after opening the terminal.

Extension Settings ⚙️

Customize the extension inside VS Code's settings under The Right Terminal:

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`theRightTerminal.terminalName`	`string`	`"Right Terminal"`	The visible name of the terminal tab.
`theRightTerminal.defaultCommand`	`string`	`""`	The command to auto-run on terminal creation (e.g., `aider`, `gpt-cli`).
`theRightTerminal.clearOnOpen`	`boolean`	`false`	Whether to clear the terminal before running the default command.
`theRightTerminal.preserveFocus`	`boolean`	`false`	Whether to keep the editor focused after launching the terminal.

Installation 📦

Via VS Code Marketplace (Recommended)

Open Extensions in VS Code (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X).
Search for The Right Terminal by preepramdev.
Click Install.
Or install directly from the VS Code Marketplace Page.

Direct VSIX Installation

Download the the-right-terminal-0.1.1.vsix file.
Open VS Code, open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P).
Select Extensions: Install from VSIX... and choose the downloaded file.

Contributing & Local Development 🛠️

Want to customize or build the extension yourself?

Clone the repository and install dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Press F5 to launch the extension in a debug window (Extension Development Host).
Open the command palette and run Open Terminal on the Right to test.

To package into a installable .vsix archive:

npx @vscode/vsce package --no-git-tag-version

License 📄

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.

The Right Terminal

preepramdev