


For information about changing the default start directory, see Configure the terminal emulator.Īlternatively, you can right-click any file (for example, in the Project tool window or any open editor tab) and select Open in Terminal to open the Terminal tool window with a new session in the directory of that file.Ĭlick on the toolbar to start a new session in a separate tab. Open the Terminal tool windowįrom the main menu, select View | Tool Windows | Terminal or press Alt+F12.īy default, the terminal emulator runs with the current directory set to the root directory of the current project. For information about changing the shell, see Configure the terminal emulator. Initially, the terminal emulator runs with your default system shell, but it supports many other shells, such as Windows PowerShell, Command Prompt cmd.exe, sh, bash, zsh, csh, and so on.
