How to enable local echo in VSCode ESP-IDF extension?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 12:11 am
by cskilbeck
My app reads from stdin just fine but the keys are not echoed in the monitor - I tried pressing CTRL-T,e but it says unknown menu character. Enabling local echo in VSCode settings doesn't help either. Am I out of luck?
Re: How to enable local echo in VSCode ESP-IDF extension?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 5:16 pm
by lichurbagan
CTRL-T,e is specific to the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor.
VSCode’s Serial Monitor does not support this shortcut, so it will always show:
unknown menu character
VSCode simply does not have a built-in local echo feature for its serial monitor, even if you enable echo in the settings JSON.