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Windows Terminal Utility

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Windows Terminal Utility for VS Code.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Windows Terminal Utility for VS Code. ( ⚠ This is a unofficial extension. )

⚠ Requirements

  • Windows Terminal

Features

  • Open Windows Terminal from Command Palette
  • Open Windows Terminal from Status bar
  • Open Windows Terminal' settings.json
  • otheres.

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Tutorial

0. ⬇️ Install Windows Terminal

Install Windows Terminal from here: https://www.microsoft.com/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701

1. ⬇️ Install Windows Terminal Utility

Show extension side bar within VS Code(Mac:Command+Shift+X, Windows and Linux: Ctrl+Shift+X), type windows-terminal and press Enter and click Install. Restart VS Code when installation is completed.

2. 🚀 Open Windows Terminal

Launch Command Palette(Mac:F1 or Shift+Command+P, Windows and Linux: F1 or Shift+Ctrl+P), Execute Windows Terminal: Open or Windows Terminal: Open with Profile ... command. You can open Windows Terminal.

2. 🔧 Next step

You can change settings by settings.json. And you can apply keyboard shortcuts by keybindings.json.

Enjoy!

Commands

  • Windows Terminal: Open : Open Windows Terminal.
  • Windows Terminal: Open with Profile ... : Select a profile and open Windows Terminal.
  • Windows Terminal: Open settings.json : Open Windows Terminal's settings.json.
  • Windows Terminal: Show Store : Show Windows Terminal in Microsoft Store.
  • Windows Terminal: Show User Document : Show Windows Terminal's user document.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings by settings.json( Mac: Command+,, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> User Settings ):

  • windowsTerminal.debug: Debug mode.
  • windowsTerminal.settingsJsonPath: Path of Windows Terminal's settings.json.
  • windowsTerminal.defaultProfile: GUID of default profile.
  • windowsTerminal.directoryOptionPriority: Directory option priority.
  • windowsTerminal.defaultDirectory: Default directory. ( If not specified, it will open a workspace folder. )
  • windowsTerminal.defaultOptions: Other options for Windows Terminal.
  • windowsTerminal.statusBarAlignment: Alignment on status bar. Requires a restart to take effect.
  • windowsTerminal.statusBarText: Status bar's label.
  • windowsTerminal.statusBarCommand: Status bar's command.

Keyboard shortcut Settings

In default, filePathBar's commands doesn't apply keyboard shortcuts. Althogh, you can apply keyboard shortcuts by keybindings.json ( Mac: Code -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts, Windows / Linux: File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts).

Command name on keybindings.json is diffarent from on Command Pallete. See below table.

on Command Pallete on keybindings.json
Windows Terminal: Open windowsTerminal.open
Windows Terminal: Open with Profile ... windowsTerminal.openProfile
Windows Terminal: Open settings.json windowsTerminal.openSettings
Windows Terminal: Show Store windowsTerminal.showStore
Windows Terminal: Show User Document windowsTerminal.showDocument

Release Notes

see ChangLog on marketplace or github

Support

GitHub Issues

License

Boost Software License

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