'VSCode multiple shells in integrated terminal dropdown
In the past I was able to toggle among various shells in the VSCode terminal by selecting them from the terminal's drop down. I'm on a new machine and for some reason no matter what shells I have installed, I only ever see the default shell as an option.
I must be missing something, but searching online hasn't helped. Ex I have node, bash and zsh installed, but this is what the drop down looks like.
Any suggestions?
Solution 1:[1]
The dropdown just shows what's running in each open terminal tab. If you click the +, then there will be two tabs, and two items in the list.
If, in Tab 2, you type zsh to change the shell, then your dropdown will read 1. Bash; 2. Zsh. Same if you open a third and type node.
Perhaps your previous configuration opened 3 tabs by default, but in any case, it should be as simple as typing the node, bash, or zsh in the terminal's command line to switch -- provided you have those installed on your new system.
As for which is the VSCode default, you can configure that in the settings GUI or settings.json.
-- Edit -- The OP found a solution (quoted from comment):
Terminals Managerdoes something very similar - opens multiple terminal tabs with different/configurable shells.
Solution 2:[2]
Here's the full steps to go back to terminal dropdown list https://ilpd-ms.blogspot.com/2021/06/vsc-terminal-dropdown-list.html File>Preferences>Settings Workplace In the search, write (terminal>integrated>Tabs:) Scroll up to the first result which says (Terminal › Integrated › Tabs: Enabled) Untick the square below And here you go. You will notice that terminal is back to dropdown menu.
Solution 3:[3]
If you do "Select Default Shell", and change it to what you want, then click on the plus, you should get a new shell option in the dropdown.
Solution 4:[4]
If you are looking for shells with paths here, I have found this is automatic when you are opened in the context of a workspace.
Perhaps you have an old workspace you can open or start by adding paths to a new one.
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| Solution 2 | Mohamed Salah |
| Solution 3 | afghanimah |
| Solution 4 | jbreiding |