Is there a way to make the terminal in VSCode take up the entire width of the application even if the sidebar is open?

Question

Is there a way to make terminal span the entire width of the application without closing the sidenav? I use it quite a bit, and often I have to hide the sidenav in order to see it in full width. It would be great if I could set it up so the sidenav is just alongside the editor, allowing terminal to take up the full width of the application.

Answer 1

This is in Stable v1.64 now.

Go to View/Appearance/Align Panel/Justify or use the Layout Control icon on the upper right mentioned below.

Other options for the Panel alignment are center/left/right.

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Note that that the Layout icon on the upper right was recently added with this setting:

Workbench > Layout Control: Enabled

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Also, as of v1.75 this can be done via the context menu for the Panel. Right-click on an open space of the Panel to the right of the View headers to open the context menu:

See Release Notes: Manage Panel Alignment

Answer 2

**Unfortunately, it is not possible at the moment.

There is a ticket for this feature in the VSCode repository - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/42149

UPDATE:

It's already available since version 1.64. See other answers below for more information

Answer 3

It's already available since version 1.64. Let's switch to Justify option.