Description of the new feature/enhancement

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_69.md#shell-integration

1. shellIntegration
2. Command navigation
3. run-recent-command
4. Go to recent directory
5. 👍

Maintainer note: I'm hijacking this issue body, for issue tracking purposes

Main elements of shell integration

• Feature Request - Scripts Panel #1595
• sendInput should be previewable #12861
• Add action to bring up a Cmd Palette with your previous directories #12863
• Add an action to copy CWD path to clipboard #12860
• Add an action to "Open in File Explorer" #12859
• Command Decorations / Marks in the gutter / margin / padding  #16599
• Recent commands UI #14779
• Automatic shell integration
• Experimental: add support for scrollbar marks #12948
• Enable marks for Stable builds #15057
• Add horizontal seperators between commands (do we really not have this elsewhere?)
• Vscode-style sticky-scrolling but with prompts #14754
• Draw a horizontal line / ruler between commands (read: blocks ) #17493

Related, indirectly

• megathread: Scrollbar Marks #11000
• Enhance shell autocompletion with a cool new user interface and shell completion protocol #3121
• ITerm2-like terminal autocomplete #6632
• Request: Right-click menu inside TerminalControl (w/ Copy & Paste?) #3337
  • I'm including this because it creates a highly-visible surface by which the CWD can be exposed.
  • Furthermore: Right-click on a region of output -> "Copy all command output"
  • Right-click -> "Rerun this command"

References

• Support PowerShell intellisense in the terminal vscode#154662
• Pwsh autocomplete vscode#171648
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commits/main/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration.ps1

edit 2025-04-15

VsCode impl

• This is where VsCode actually injects the args:
  • https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/3a28d8d2e1044f2fe28f93076df911fd8fc9fd98/src/vs/platform/terminal/node/terminalEnvironment.ts#L114-L149
  • looks like it's mostly:
    • Is this commandline something we know how to inject our script into? If so, then inject the CLI args and environment vars
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/ef6f1349eb824cef6635d9a3083b871a1c5ddbdf/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/xterm/shellIntegrationAddon.ts#
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/ef6f1349eb824cef6635d9a3083b871a1c5ddbdf/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/scripts/shellIntegration.ps1#