Terminal feature request

[vusal5555]

Type: Feature Request

1)It would be awesome if we could set the width of the terminal ourselves, because every time the user pulls up the terminal, they will have to deal with precision.
2)Being able to detach the terminal from vs code as a separate window where it will have the problems, output and debug controls tabs included. I have tried some approaches such as duplicating workspaces or opening a new window, although they seemed to work fine, later I realized that I cannot see typescript errors in the duplicated vs code instance where I had the terminal open.

VS Code version: Code 1.87.0 (019f4d1, 2024-02-27T23:41:44.469Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
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[meganrogge]

Re "It would be awesome if we could set the width of the terminal ourselves"

We have the command Terminal: Set Fixed Dimensions which allows you to set fixed dimensions.

they will have to deal with precision.

What do you mean by this?

[meganrogge]

Re "Being able to detach the terminal from vs code as a separate window where it will have the problems, output and debug controls tabs included", I'm not sure if detaching the panel has been discussed, cc @bpasero or @Tyriar

[bpasero]

Yes: #193267

[vusal5555]

Terminal: Set Fixed Dimensions

Re "It would be awesome if we could set the width of the terminal ourselves"

We have the command Terminal: Set Fixed Dimensions which allows you to set fixed dimensions.

they will have to deal with precision.

What do you mean by this?

How can I use this command Terminal: Set Fixed Dimensions?

as for the second question, I meant we have to drag it up and down to adjust its height according to the screen size. It would be great if we had a fixed height for it.

[meganrogge]

Can you explain the current scenario that's a problem for you?

Are you dragging up on the panel with the mouse?

If you instead use the keyboard shortcut to show and hide the panel, set the height once, it'll persist.

[vusal5555]

The problem is that when I code I sometimes need to drag to the right or left to see the code that overflows. since the horizontal scrollbar is on the terminal I accidentally drag it down and minimize it. what I wanna do is that make it have the fixed height so I cannot mess up its height accidentally. it would be great if I had some kind of setting which would block the terminal drag functionality and or just gave it the fixed height.

[meganrogge]

since the horizontal scrollbar is on the terminal I accidentally drag it down and minimize it.

maybe a gif would help? not sure how the horizontal scrollbar would ever impact the height of the terminal

[vscodenpa]

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