

This action creates another entry in the tab list associated with that terminal. Terminal instances can be added by selecting the + icon on the top-right of the TERMINAL panel, selecting a profile from the terminal dropdown, or by triggering the ⌃⇧` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+`) command. Each terminal has an entry with its name, icon, color, and group decoration (if any). The terminal tabs UI is on the right side of the terminal view. You can learn more about configuring terminal shells in the terminal profiles article. Shells are detected and presented in the terminal profiles dropdown. The integrated terminal can use various shells installed on your machine, with the default being pulled from your system defaults.

Note: Open an external terminal with the ⇧⌘C (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+C) keyboard shortcut if you prefer to work outside VS Code.
