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.
It provides integration with the editor to support features like links and error detection. Visual Studio Code includes a full featured integrated terminal that conveniently starts at the root of your workspace. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.