How to adjust the position of the internal terminal

You can also use View / Appearance / Toggle Panel Position View Appearance Toggle Panel Position


If you use VSCode v1.29+, this action button was moved to the Terminal context menu:

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just right click the Terminal tab on top of panel window, and you will see Move Panel Right or Move Panel to Bottom.

for more information, you can see: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/58575


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If you move the Terminal split bar to the left (this will widen the Terminal window), the icon for Move to Bottom will appear.

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Updated on 9-May-2022:

The current VSCode version as now is 1.67.0. The below steps are still valid in current version of UI.

Updated on 18-Nov-2018:

Version 1.29 was released in October 2018 (https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_29) and the UI has changed for configuring the terminal position.

1. Version check

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2. Move Terminal From Right To Bottom

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3. Move Terminal From Bottom To Right

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