[BUG] Claude Code setting Use Terminal does not open Claude in my integrated terminal

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I set "claude-code.useTerminal": true,, and click Claude code: Open in Sider Bar also open native UI.

Can you please share a screenshot/video of it? I am not able to repo.

Note that when you toggle this, the Terminal will open up as an editor on the side (which is the same experience as before our latest new UX). It will be a Terminal experience, but will be on the sidebar

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1. Set "claude-code.useTerminal": true

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1. Click open in sider bar

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1. Will open native ui

Can you please share a screenshot/video of it? I am not able to repo. Note that when you toggle this, the Terminal will open up as an editor on the side (which is the same experience as before our latest new UX). It will be a Terminal experience, but will be on the sidebar

Note that when you toggle this, the Terminal will open up as an editor on the side (which is the same experience as before our latest new UX). It will be a Terminal experience, but will be on the sidebar

Please check these 2 videos:

v2.0.22 (latest version, same as v2.0.21)
https://www.loom.com/share/f55699b3010d469f9482d3321bf2866a
Notice that in this version, it opens Claude in a new tab (Locked group)

v2.0.17
https://www.loom.com/share/9203d7aed2b94fbb99d9ff40c89c7fe7
Notice that in this version, it opens Claude in the integrated terminal, which is much more flexible, where I can use keyboard shortcuts to show/hide the terminal.

@donywan : If you select open in the side bar, it will open the new native UI, which is correct

What you want (as in the previous version) is called open in new tab, and the default shortcut for it is Ctrl + Escape

But it's not related to my issue here

> Note that when you toggle this, the Terminal will open up as an editor on the side (which is the same experience as before our latest new UX). It will be a Terminal experience, but will be on the sidebar Please check these 2 videos: v2.0.22 (latest version, same as v2.0.21) https://www.loom.com/share/f55699b3010d469f9482d3321bf2866a Notice that in this version, it opens Claude in a new tab (Locked group) v2.0.17 https://www.loom.com/share/9203d7aed2b94fbb99d9ff40c89c7fe7 Notice that in this version, it opens Claude in the integrated terminal, which is much more flexible, where I can use keyboard shortcuts to show/hide the terminal.

@hackyon-anthropic : please check these 2 videos to see the difference between v2.0.22 (incorrect) and v2.0.17 (correct)

hey @piavgh - unfortunately, this is expected behavior. We now have the button open up a terminal panel on the side because feedback we had from other users, as that is the way they had expected it to work.

If you would like to use claude in the default built-in terminal, you should be able to run claude in it and it should work just as well!

Bummer -- I was really excited to have Claude Code in a full sidebar in that previous release, and sucks that it went away just a few days later.

The native UI is still missing a bunch of features from the terminal version, and I expect will always lag behind a bit (e.g. /rewind is missing now). Will go back to the terminal I guess 🤷

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