[menu] [terminal] align terminal menu with vscode

[vince-fugnitto]

Proposal
Create a new Terminal top-parent menu item used for both terminal and task commands.

Reasons for Change

• Align with vscode.
• Easier to quickly locate terminal and task commands which are grouped based on functionality.
• More extensible to add new terminal and task commands than placing them under other menu parents.

[l0rd]

What about "Terminal" in View menu (to be even more consistent with VS Code):

[vince-fugnitto]

What about "Terminal" in View menu (to be even more consistent with VS Code):

I'll add it there as well to view the terminal and align further with vscode thanks!

[paul-marechal]

About the view menu, I'm not so sure it should go there:
In Theia, terminals are widgets. Views in Theia are some kind of singleton that usually can be toggled, unlike terminals now. With the way things are, I would feel like just having the Terminal menu should be enough?

[slemeur]

Just a small questions for my understanding, why terminals are "widgets" and not "views"?

I think as a user of Theia I would not know if it's a view or a widget. I understand the concern, but I don't think we should worry too much about that. I'm more concern about the consistency. IMO the user should be able to see all the different IDE main components (debuggers, explorer, terminals, search) from the "View" menu.

[l0rd]

Views in Theia are some kind of singleton that usually can be toggled, unlike terminals now.

I am mostly neutral about that but I am afraid a Theia user, with a VS Code background, won't appreciate the subtle difference between a singleton and a widget.

[paul-marechal]

Just a small questions for my understanding, why terminals are "widgets" and not "views"?

Thing is, it seems to have been implemented this way to allow split terminals to be placed everywhere in the UI, and not being stuck in only one panel (you can really have terminals everywhere). Which seems good too, but different.

Theia views anyway already are different from what VS Code generally does by the fact that despite being singletons, they can be moved around. But it is still not the same thing as what is currently happening with Theia's terminals (because they're standard widgets and not views).

IMO the user should be able to see all the different IDE main components (debuggers, explorer, terminals, search) from the "View" menu.

I wouldn't be mad if an "Open New Terminal" command were to land in this menu, although it is a menu for "Views", and the terminal doesn't behave like any other already in that category.

@vince-fugnitto can you just add a separator and place the Open New Terminal between all the views and the collapsing commands?

@svenefftinge @akosyakov @kittaakos any takes on this?

[paul-marechal]

I am mostly neutral about that but I am afraid a Theia user, with a VS Code background, won't appreciate the subtle difference between a singleton and a widget.

It actually was (is?) my case, but tools can be different. In the current case with the terminals, I wonder what would be better though, is it something that should be changed?