Not the answer you're looking for? That's easy part. I dont see it there, so it seems you guys continue to ignore the high demand for this feature. I don't know any developer who only codes on one monitor, and having the ability to drag a tab to a new window for side-by-side use is just too useful of a feature to not have. Would be a great first step to make that detachable. @BentOnCoding I agree that the lack of this feature is incomprehensible, but as you said they chose a framework that is not completely suitable to building IDEs, so adding this feature would be a major effort and it looks like they are not willing to make it. The problem here is that none of the finds work properly as it doesn't have any information about the actual "workspace" it came from. I must say, especially considering the fact that Microsoft considers this its "official code editor" this is very disappointing. To work around this, you have two options: The macOS default terminal uses Cmd+. While I express as much enthusiasm as anyone here about the prospect of multi-window, I am happy to wait as long as it takes. Since VSCode is written with Electron "floating windows" is kinda hard to accomplish, but allowing to open the project twice would help a lot, but this doesn't seem to work either. Don't double post please. Multiple terminals can be placed side-by-side are called a group and are created by splitting a terminal: Tip: The working directory for the new terminal depends on the terminal.integrated.splitCwd setting. I've been doing some research on the floating windows problem (My knowledge with electron is almost non-existent) . How? Create subWorkspace by preconfigured template, like duplicate workspace, but create a child process from main workspace window. I would say most of people here misses the point: VS code is not an IDE it's an code editor. Or just thumbs up main post enough? Once your terminal is open, you can open VS Code from it by typing $ code . This feature really should be a high priority feature. These ANSI colors are determined by the active color theme, but they can also be configured independently from the theme with the workbench.colorCustomizations setting. terminal.integrated.fontFamily: The font family to use, this takes a string in the format that fontFamily in CSS takes. I only asked if there are any estimates from people looking after this repo. @ramazanpolat We should remind ourselves that this is a free software ;). Here we work with back-end and front-end at the same time. Only solution would be to move electron to work on some other framework entirely. How? To use Ctrl+A to select all, add this custom keybinding: Dragging a file into the terminal will input the path into the terminal, with escaping to match the active shell. :). Thanks. Since there are multiple approaches to this that could be taken, and multiple open issues that have been combined into this one, I hope they will at least provide some guidance on what approach they prefer here so this feature request doesn't get bogged down by unproductive discussion. If you really want VSCode featured in multiple windows, why not try to fork and make it possible by yourself? https://gearburn.com/2016/06/space-vr-app-turns-the-htc-vive-oculus-rift-into-a-productivity-hub/ Finding a relevant comment from a team member is difficult given the 363 comments above. Perhaps bade it upon that? There's a lot to to love about VS Code, but the one significant missing feature for me is the lack of floating editor-tab-only windows (like I've gotten used to having in Visual Studio). Some examples are a bell (macOS) and for tasks, displaying a check mark when there are no errors and an X otherwise. What an absurd discussion tell me if I am correct. There might not be a clean or clear way of doing it across all platforms. Moving a terminal into its own group can be done with the Terminal: Unsplit Terminal command through the Command Palette or in the right-click context menu. Seems a new feature has been added to serve as a Work Around for this. Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. @Krzysztof-Cieslak youre joking right? I will have to agree with the comments above. It's fundamental to multi-monitor coding. @Krzysztof-Cieslak There should be a option to disable comments on an issue and only allow reactions to the OP. I'm confident this is the design decision behind it but I'd be interesting to know otherwise. You also demystified me as a random internet troll, well played, sir! You can also right-click on a terminal tab and select Toggle Size to Content Width (Z (Windows, Linux Alt+Z)) to resize the number of terminal columns to the largest wrapped line in the terminal. // Mark as the default build task so cmd/ctrl+shift+b will create them, // The name that shows up in terminal tab, // Mark as a background task to avoid the spinner animation on the terminal tab, nvm is not compatible with the npm config, `nvm use --delete-prefix v8.9.1 --silent`, npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js, npx -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js, rm /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js, rm /usr/local/bin/npx /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js, cat > ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict, "terminal.integrated.minimumContrastRatio", Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling. This is the last thing stopping me from fully switching to VSCode. (BTW. You are receiving this because you commented. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux on your Windows 10 machine. This approach means multiple monitors are easily supported. even if I only need the Explorer and debug, tabs The workaround (open new window and drag and drop your file from the current workspace/window to the newly opened one) is OK but I have no access to the workspace itself; different settings, no access to other files in the workspace, etc. Like others have said, opening in a new window isn't what were asking for or wanting. While I express as much enthusiasm as anyone here about the prospect of multi-window, I am happy to wait as long as it takes. Sorry! All I can see is bunch of folks happy to +1 some random feature with huge design implications (and bunch of hate for anyone having different opinion). I've attached below a typical example of what my third screen looks like (in hopes that it helps) -- apologies for the obfuscated text: By the way, I was under the impression that most of the panel docking stuff that Visual Studio does was built-in to .NET, is it really that difficult to implement this? One more vote. A definitive must have on split screen 1 portrait, 1 landscape. It is certainly lightweight when you don't install 1000 plugins. In main monitor, back-end; in the 2nd, the front-end. Site Maintenance- Friday, January 20, 2023 02:00 UTC (Thursday Jan 19 9PM Were bringing advertisements for technology courses to Stack Overflow, How can you create multiple cursors in Visual Studio Code. Hey, @oryandunn what you are complaining about is actually possible. Nice to see others wanting the same. Creating a File in VSCode using Terminal There are primarily two methods to create a file in VSCode using the terminal, you can use the "Code" keyword to create a file, or you can use the "echo" keyword to create a new file. Why? is bound to "Open Active File in New Window". We are looking for the ability to pop out a window and move it where we want, basically like premire pro does with the different pallets sort of thing. Out of curiosity, why would you want to separate the terminal into a new window? I'm not defending the VSCode team or anything, just acting on my belief that complaints/etc. Also from main workspace window we as developers could create a bridge service, that would listen from child duplicated workspaces events, and main workspace window could interact with that. The terminal features sophisticated link detection with editor integration and even extension contributed link handlers. +1. I call this as Focusing Users' Creativity Killer cycle. Why vote it down just because you wouldn't use it? How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode)? I use a portrait orientation monitor as my main editor, and having my file tree/explorer panel on a different monitor makes a big difference for me. https://github.com/azain/electron-window-manager. I think tabs need to be free to move anywhere, just like Google Chrome tabs do. https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/api/frameless-window.md, @Trevinlc1997 So this isn't something that is in the catagory of; "Oh, I never thought of that!". Should be on the roadmap. add hooks for all windows on the same project directory to signal and listen+react on a few UI events: editor tab selected (activity bar explorer updates to point to the file), editor tab closed (maybe just set explorer to "no tab selected", selecting last tab might be hard to coordinate), on vertical screen: IDE's main window with editor, toolbars and (eventually) vertical splitting, on laptop screen: project's file explorer / outline, terminal / test dashboard / debug dashboard, do the coding, or anything whatever I can do, Main workspace handles event, and shows my file where tests was failed. That status update is enough for me. Hi, If you have some contributions to share beside trolling, we are all happy to hear you out. Now, edit the file in one window, it won't be reflected in the other window. to your account. Wish GitHub would make it more obvious with a +1 button at every post than the +[Emoji]. I do know you do not speak for the VSC-Team. @RoyTinker "I keep one of my 22" monitors vertically oriented. The community is concerned because this is such an important feature and there has been little to no response from core contributors beyondessentially, "this is a difficult issue.". I too used to love to rip tabs and windows out from Visual Studio; I'm on a Mac now and using VSCode. Adding my request for this feature as well. If we stuck by architectural limitation that cost too much to make it happen, Why not just close it and going forward. Chrome has a model where each window get's its own isolated context, e.g. See my comment added under this ticket: Most shells allow extensive customization of the terminal prompt. For a variety of reasons (like the one mentioned by @HighCommander) VS Code only starts one workspace per folder (and currently a single workspace can't span multiple instances). It seems electron supports frameless windows, couldn't this solve the problem by just creating a frameless window when a user drags there file outward like on Visual Studio? The currently integrated terminal docked to the panel right now but this usage is narrowing the editor window and it is difficult to examine logs on the terminal. It is unfortunate that the issue author has the priorities so ass-backwards, but I can't believe nobody at Microsoft has seen this ticket at some point over the past year, recognized the immense value in being able to drag an editor tab from one window to another (your Visual Studio crowd has been doing this for decades) and made this happen by now. My best guess is that it's difficult for them to create a new windows with the tab and have the tab keep it's state because of electron. @kapalkat to clarify, this issue is about detaching parts of the UI, such as the terminal, explorer and debugger, from the main window. This is an OSS. Benjamin Pasero has responded several times. You can open your terminal in a few ways. Don't forget to accept my answer if it was helpful for you. That said, I don't know if I'd find it useful. Still waiting for this after I switched to Code from Visual Studio :( For now, my only solution is to minimize the application and stretch it manually to fit my monitors. @Krzysztof-Cieslak By the same token, Chrome shouldn't support popping a tab out into a new window. The split pane functionality is nice but not the same. when an editor tab is dragged outside the app: create a new window without activity & status bar, with the file and its current (unsaved) buffer (if applicable), close the editor tab in the original window. Unfortunately it does not close the older tab which is expected for the floating window idea. This behavior is baffling to me. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub and linking to this issue. See @D1no's illustration above (click to scroll up). As is, I keep installing VS code, loving almost everything and eventually uninstalling when I realize the UX still hasn't been updated. Maximising exposure to information is what drives everything from multi-threading to pixel density and yes, even multi-screen & cross device applications. @ldexterldesign Have you tried running it by opening the command palette (+SHIFT+P) and typing Duplicate Workspace in New Window? You can do this in Xcode by either tearing a tab off or using File-> New Window. I have little doubt that VS Code team must realize this is a - nuclear level issues - so obviously they have a major architectural flaw that they simply can't address. See the attached gif below. versus if the feature is built in later, when code would have become more complex due to "required features". I can't find a menu option for that at all and I am guaranteed to forget the shortcut, but it does work! I'm not entirely sure the "this may prove to be too taxing on computers" argument is valid as of late considering most recent computers have much more system resources than previously. It's expensive, it will make application maintenance harder, it will prevent users focusing code. 800 upvotes now! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/24/andreessen-horowitz-london-virtual-reality-startup-improbable I really want this feature too - mainly to just have the debug window on a different monitor. Isn't it an unnecessary overhead to have multiprocessing for each window for such framework as electron? Tip: Ctrl+F can be sent to the shell by removing the workbench.action.terminal.focusFind command from commands to skip shell. It is just limited by the current architecture. As others have mentioned, no one can really begin work a feature as significant as this until there is some assurance that the work will be accepted. Honest question, isn't Atom implemented in Electron too, and don't they support detachable tabs properly? Currently I can stretch the windows across multiple monitors, but the position is reset back to the default on the next open. To all the people who propose the workaround with 2 windows. I think it would be a good option to expose on the right-click menu for the active tab and/or items in the Open Editors document explorer. I want it to work exactly like the Chrome browser. Beeing a longtime user of Visual Studio, notepad++, working for years with 3 (21 - 25 inch) monitors it is actually the one single feature that after a few hours using Visual Studio Code stops me using it. I'm honestly tired of trying to get some communication from the vscode team. 87 7. I've tried to check what we could do with floating windows in VSC. There is certainly ways of communicating between windows, even if they live in separate processes. 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