Retain viewColumn active group when passing contributed profile to exthost

Fixes microsoft#131156

Author: Tyriar

src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalService.ts

@@ -1158,7 +1158,12 @@ export class TerminalService implements ITerminalService {
 		if (contributedProfile) {
 			const resolvedLocation = this.resolveLocation(options?.location);
 			const splitActiveTerminal = typeof options?.location === 'object' && 'splitActiveTerminal' in options.location ? options.location.splitActiveTerminal : false;
-			const location = splitActiveTerminal ? resolvedLocation === TerminalLocation.Editor ? { viewColumn: SIDE_GROUP } : { splitActiveTerminal: true } : resolvedLocation;
+			let location: TerminalLocation | { viewColumn: number, preserveState?: boolean } | { splitActiveTerminal: boolean } | undefined;
+			if (splitActiveTerminal) {
+				location = resolvedLocation === TerminalLocation.Editor ? { viewColumn: SIDE_GROUP } : { splitActiveTerminal: true };
+			} else {
+				location = typeof options?.location === 'object' && 'viewColumn' in options.location ? options.location : resolvedLocation;
+			}
 			await this._createContributedTerminalProfile(contributedProfile.extensionIdentifier, contributedProfile.id, {
 				icon: contributedProfile.icon,
 				color: contributedProfile.color,