Shell tasks force terminal window regardless of presentation setting

[babakness]

• VSCode Version: 1.20.1
• OS Version: MacOs Sierra

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run Shell Task
2. Have no way to prevent switching to output of shell task in terminal window

Details:

I would like to be able to run a shell task without interrupting the terminal window. At the moment there is a switch over to shared terminal tab; I'd like for there to be some way to keep the messages in the tab but not switch over to the tab to see the output.

{
      "label": "tscc",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "echo 'this is a sample'",
      "presentation": {
        "echo": false,
        "reveal": "never",
        "focus": false,
        "panel": "shared"
      }
    },

[Tyriar]

@babakness tasks in output is deprecated, I think you should be able to create task terminals in the background though?

[dbaeumer]

@Tyriar the problem is if there is a terminal instance already showing then the task terminal comes to front. I do call this.terminalService.setActiveInstance(terminal); but only this.terminalService.showPanel if the reveal kind !== never. Will setActiveInstance bring it to front. What is the consequence of me not calling it.

[Tyriar]

@dbaeumer not calling setActiveInstance should be fine. The task will still run in the background, but there will be no indication to the user that it was launched.