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Tip for VSCode users: Move your terminal to the right side (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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I use terminal in VSCode very often, so I almost always have it open. It defaults to opening at the bottom of the window, but if you move it to the side so it's stretched vertically, you gain so much more useable screen real estate for your actual code without sacrificing too much readability in the terminal.

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Or even better — Right click on the terminal panel label and select the option to move it into the editor area.

The editor area has far more flexibility around placement and sizing than any of the panel areas, and you can easily replace it with an actual code editor and have multiple terminal tabs and move them between editor areas.

I also keep a terminal (or three) open permanently, but it's usually tiny - around 1500x400 pixels (that is tiny on my very large screen). Sometimes I'll move the terminal into a larger editor panel (which is about 5x that size).

[–] masterborger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This would be even better if vscode let you have multiple windows of tabs open at the same time!