How to update visual studio code’s default terminal shell from bash to zsh

Visual studio code always uses the default bash terminal which can be, in my case for example, a little boring. To fully follow this post, you need to have zsh, oh-my-zsh and visual studio code installed. You can look at my post here to learn how to install them.To Change the default terminal on vscode, follow the listed steps:

1. Launch visual studio code and go to settings.
2. In settings, click on the features dropdown and then on Terminal

3. Click on edit in settings.json and add this line of code to the user settings json file

"terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/zsh"

The path for zsh might be different on your computer, be sure to use the correct path.

This command overrides the default setting.

Close the window and re-launch visual studio code.

Start using your customised and preferred terminal shell.