Is there a way I have an integrated terminal within a file manager in Ubuntu (like the way terminal opens up with VSCode) so that when I trigger this inbuilt terminal from any folder, it shows the prompt in the same window.
For example: VSCode integrated terminal looks like this:
Now this is achieved by right-clicking and selecting the 'open in Terminal' option, which opens a new window.
This is the standard behavior of dolphin, the stock KDE file manager (which is by itself a sufficient reason to use KDE). However, to use dolphin under Gnome, I think you will also need to install Konsole and it feels a little out of place on Gnome.
An alternative seems to be Nautilusterminal 3. Though, I have not tested this myself, as I am a KDE user. You can install it by:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flozz/nautilus-terminal
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nautilus-terminal
Since, as of writing this, no Ubuntu 19.10 version is included in the ppa, you can use pip:
sudo apt install python-pip python-nautilus python-psutil
python2 -m pip install --user nautilus_terminal
The project is hosted here. A deb package can be found here.
In Thunar you can click File → Open Terminal Here or the same by right-clicking any empty space in a folder.
You should see an option to to open a terminal in the Nautilus menu. If not, use 'synaptic' and enter 'nautilus' into the synaptic search bar. Scan the list for the plugins you wish to install.
