How can I move the caret to sbt shell without using the mouse?

Question

IntelliJ IDEA 2017.x and 2018.x + Scala includes sbt shell support.

On Windows and Linux it is possible to launch sbt shell with Ctrl+Shift+S. sbt shell is launched in its own tool window.

My problem is that the text cursor doesn't automatically move to the shell tool window. I have to click on the panel in order to type a sbt command. This is a pretty tedious / error prone / repetitive task.

I would like to move my caret to the bottom of the sbt shell tool window without using the mouse. Basically, I would like for the sbt shell tool window to behave just like the terminal tool window (Alt+F12).

Is this currently possible?

Answer 1

This is not currently possible and it's sort of my fault. I made an issue for this: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/SCL-13585