Terminal
Terminal gives you plain shells inside Neova, for example a dev server in one and free commands in another. No agent runs in them.
Open it from Sidebar › Tools › Terminal. The first time you open it, one terminal starts.
Terminal tabs
Section titled “Terminal tabs”A row of tabs runs along the top. Each tab is one terminal.
| Part | What it shows or does |
|---|---|
| Dot | Green while the shell runs. Grey after it has exited. |
| Name | The title the shell reports. Without one, Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and so on. |
| × | Closes the terminal and stops its shell. |
| + (New terminal) | Opens another terminal and switches to it. |
Click a tab to switch to it.
Terminal
Section titled “Terminal”Below the tabs is the active terminal.
- The header shows the terminal’s name, its shell and its process ID, for example
(zsh · PID 4211). - The shell starts in the project folder.
- Links in the output open in your web browser.
- When the shell exits, the terminal shows Process exited with code N. Close the tab and open a new one to continue.
Terminals keep running when you go to another page or another tab. Every Neova tab shows the same terminals.
How to open several terminals
Section titled “How to open several terminals”- Click + next to the tabs.
- A new terminal opens and becomes active.
- Click a tab to switch between terminals.
How to close a terminal
Section titled “How to close a terminal”Click the × on its tab. The shell stops and the next terminal becomes active. If you close the last one, the page shows No open terminals. Click New terminal to start one.
How to run a command from a notification
Section titled “How to run a command from a notification”Some agent notifications have a button that runs a command. Click it. Neova opens a new terminal, goes to Tools › Terminal and runs the command there.