powershell - VSCode - Open terminals in a separate window

Question

in VSCode is it possible to open the terminals in a separate window? So far my research has pointed to a resounding NO but Im curious if anyone has a solution?

Answer 1

Move terminals between windows

It's now possible to move terminals between windows by detaching via Terminal: Detach Session in one and attaching to another with Terminal: Attach to Session. In the future this should help enable cross-window drag and drop!

Lots of changes in v1.58: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_58.md#terminals-in-the-editor-area

For v1.59 moving the terminal changes - including dragging and dropping onto another window, see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_59.md#drag-and-drop-terminals-across-windows

Drag and drop terminals across windows

Drag terminals from the tabs list or editor area of one window into the tabs list, editor area, or panel of another window.

Terminals in the editor area

Terminals can now be created in or moved to the editor area, enabling a multi-dimensional grid layout that persists and remains visible regardless of panel state.

To use terminals in the editor area, there are several options:

Create via the Create Terminal in Editor Area command.
Move a terminal from the panel to the editor by dragging and dropping from the tabs list.
Running Move Terminal into Editor Area with a terminal focused.
Moving into the editor area via the terminal tab context menu action.

The new terminal.integrated.defaultLocation setting can be set to editor to direct newly created terminals to the editor area by default.