Toggle Terminal

This extension adds a toggle icon (shortcut) in the status bar.

Features

This extension tries to address a closed feature request by adding a toggle icon (shortcut) in the status bar.

Following are the various options available to open/toggle the terminal. However, there isn't an one-click option to do the same.

• View -> Terminal (Ctrl + `)
• View: Toggle Terminal (using Command Palette)
• Terminal -> New Terminal
• Click the PROBLEMS view toggle to open the Panel and select Terminal tab`
• Toggle PANEL (Ctrl + J) (and optionally select Terminal tab if its not on focus)

Setting(s)

The following setting(s) can be specified in your settings.json

Setting	Description	Value(s)
vscode-toggle-terminal.alignment	Where to align the toggle button	left (default), right	Thanks to @thumperward for the contribution.
vscode-toggle-terminal.priority	Priority of the toggle button position in the status bar. (Higher values mean the toggle button would be shown more to the left.)	0 (default)
vscode-toggle-terminal.listNames	Display terminal names on hover (tooltip)	false (default)	(Experimental - values might not update in some cases due to API limitations, requires interaction with the toggle to update)

Known Issues/Limitations

• Clicking on the toggle does not show/hide the terminal -

  • If the focus is switched from the active terminal to another section on the Panel (like PROBLEMS or OUTPUT),
    (Currently there isn't an API to know if the inline terminal has the focus - 117980).
  • If the panel is closed using "Close Panel" option

  As a workaround, we need to click the toggle twice to show (focus) on the active terminal first (and once more if we need to hide)

• This does not work well if the Terminal is created in the Editor Area (Terminal: Create New Terminal in Editor Area) instead of Panel (default)

• Tests - There aren't any tests right now

If you come across any other issue, or if you could improve this extension please feel free to raise a Bug/PR

Installing from Source

• Clone the Repository
• Run npm install -g @vscode/vsce to install vsce
• Run vsce package from the cloned directory to package the extension
• Run Extensions: Install from VSIX and choose the vsix package

Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial Release

0.0.2

• Added CI Pipeline
• Updated Known Limitation in README

0.0.3

• bump @vscode/vsce - dev dependency

0.0.4

• Added setting for alignment.

0.0.5

• Added setting for priority.
• Added notification to reload on configuration changes.

0.0.6, 0.0.7

• Added setting to display terminal name on hover (tooltip).