# Navigating VS Code terminals from the keyboard

By Saurabh Kumar · TIL note, Oct 5, 2023 · Tags: editor

Source: https://saurabh-kumar.com/til/1696507200/

VS Code's built-in terminals are hard to move between from the keyboard. These `keybindings.json` entries fix it, adapted from [jbranchaud's TIL](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/vscode/toggle-between-terminals.md):
- `cmd+[` / `cmd+]`: previous / next terminal
- `cmd+1` to `cmd+5`: terminal by position
- `cmd+n`: new terminal; `cmd+w`: kill it
- `cmd+t`: toggle between terminal and editor
```json
{ "key": "cmd+]", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusNext", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+[", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusPrevious", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+1", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndex1", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+2", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndex2", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+3", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndex3", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+4", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndex4", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+5", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focusAtIndex5", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+n", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.new", "when": "terminalFocus && terminalHasBeenCreated || terminalFocus && terminalProcessSupported" },
{ "key": "cmd+w", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.kill", "when": "terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+t", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focus", "when": "!terminalFocus" },
{ "key": "cmd+t", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.toggleTerminal" }
```