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I have the following code which I am running from within Visual Studio Code using Right click > Run Python File in Terminal

import threading


def worker(tid):
    """This is what the thread actually executes"""
    for i in range(tid * 100000):
        print("I'm working on thread {} with count {}".format(tid, i))
    return


def main():
    threads = list()
    for i in range(32):
        t = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=(i,))
        threads.append(t)
        t.start()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

However I want to stop the execution of the script so I have tried with Ctrl+C but the program is still running in the integrated terminal of Visual Studio Code. Is there a way to actually force the stop?

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  • There is a difference between code running and task running. Commented May 25, 2020 at 14:44

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There should be a trashcan at the top of the integrated terminal window. Clicking the trashcan will kill the window and the processes.

You can also try ctrl-Z or ctrl-D.

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is there any visual indication that a script is running in VSCode?
Only clicking trashcan helped
the trashcan works however it closes the terminal. It would be nice to be able to stop a script with the terminal still open, so you can see a 'script ended/interrupted' message in the terminal.
neither of these work in version 1.75.0 --- only the trash can
ctrl+c seems to work just like in Powershell or GitBash. Upvoting because it got me to try it.
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Try: Ctrl+Alt+M, that should do it.

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for me didn't work
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You could Ctrl+Shift+P and then Terminal: Relaunch Active Terminal

Or create a shortcut for it

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You may want to install Code Runner in the visual studio extensions. :) I feel that killing the terminal by clicking on the trash bin is a bit tiring for me because I need to open the terminal again.

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Right clicking on the integrated terminal window, then clicking 'Kill Terminal' worked for me.

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On the python terminal, you need to press both ctrl+c. But, you need to click the terminal before pressing these two keys.

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