When the help panel or data.frame panel are shown, the terminal panel can not be maximized.

Describe the bug

When the panel of help or data.frame is shown, I can not maximize the terminal panel.
Here is an example:

When your the layout of vscode is like the image shown on the above, than you can not maximize the terminal panel.
If you closed the help panel, then you can maximize the terminal panel.

The same issue is occured when you are viewing a data.frame.

Sometimes, I would like to check the terminal output completely. Then I will maximize the terminal panel to see the complete output in the terminal. However, it is not worked always.

To Reproduce

Please see the description of the bug.

Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)

No

(If applicable) Please attach setting.json

// R.exe path for windows
"r.rterm.windows": "",

// R path for Mac OS X
"r.rterm.mac": "",

// R path for Linux
"r.rterm.linux": "$HOME/mambaforge/envs/R431/bin/radian",

// R command line options (i.e: --vanilla)
"r.rterm.option": ["--no-save", "--no-restore"],

// An optional encoding to pass to R when executing the file, i.e. 'source(FILE, encoding=ENCODING)'
"r.source.encoding": "UTF-8",

// Keeping focus when running
"r.source.focus": "editor",

// Use active terminal for all commands, rather than creating a new R terminal
"r.alwaysUseActiveTerminal": false,

// Use bracketed paste mode
"r.bracketedPaste": true,

// Enable R session watcher
"r.sessionWatcher": true,

// Delay in milliseconds before sending each line to rterm (only applies if r.bracketedPaste is false)
"r.rtermSendDelay": 8,

Expected behavior
I would like to maximize the terminal panel when any panels are shown.

Screenshots
Please see the description of the bug.

Environment (please complete the following information):

OS: Linux(remote mode)
VSCode Version: 1.85.1
R Version: 4.3.2
vscode-R version: 2.8.2

Additional context
Nothing

@Fred-Wu

I can reproduce with vscode-R 3.0.0-rc.0.

@Fred-Wu Perhaps it can be added to a milestone?

@eitsupi

@eitsupi @Fred-Wu @grantmcdermott can you please add the "confirmed" tag?

I am not sure I understand this. The terminal uses VS Code panel area, one could drag the panel up and down to resize.

If always want to use maximised terminal, one could select "Move Terminal into Editor Area". Can't remember, this feature may not be available in 2023.

I think that the issue is that the maxime panel button does not work in the scenario described here:

Hmmm.. I don't have that in my VS Code on macOS.

Reproduced on latest VSCode:

Version: 1.138.0
Commit: 7debcd0e2acdea1c52de81bf9ee1620444407dda
Date: 2026-09-15T07:24:32Z
Electron: 42.10.0
ElectronBuildId: 15109253
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.1
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
@github/copilot: 1.0.84-4
@github/copilot-sdk: 1.0.13
OS: Linux x64 6.17.10-100.fc41.x86_64

I do not have that button on an older VSCodium:

Version: 1.135.06055
Commit: 1a46a584725d5dd330e0bcd7f5510f24990efcf2
Date: 2026-08-25T14:26:52Z
Electron: 42.8.1
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.1
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
@github/copilot: Unknown
@github/copilot-sdk: Unknown
OS: Linux x64 6.17.10-100.fc41.x86_64

OK. I could confirm this now. The button appears when I align panel at Center. Previously, I aligned it to the right.

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