I have vs code open and I'm using bash terminal within it, when I'm inside the directory I want to open I type code . and that opens everything I want but it opens a new vs code window. Is there a way it can open inside of the current vs code window I am in?
Try code . -r to force opening in the same window. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/command-line#_core-cli-options for more options in the command line.
For a more "permanent" solution there is this setting:
Window: Open Files In New Window
Controls whether files should open in a new window. Note that there
can still be cases where this setting is ignored (e.g. when using the
--new-window or --reuse-window command line option).
Set it to off and then ``code .` is enough.
I've been searching around and I can't find any way to open the selected folder in VS Code while using the VS Code terminal. Is this possible?
Are you trying to open in the same VSCode instance to which the integrated terminal belongs?
Try:
code -r .
Not sure if this would open in the same instance, but code . should open the current folder
from Terminal enter
code -r <folderPath>
this should open folder in vsCode
press CTRL + ~ if you are on windows to re-open terminal
This code will help you to open your folder in vscode from existing opened vscode terminal. It will not create new vscode tab. So you will not need to close second vscode. You will be only in one vscode.
code -r .
Enjoy :)
Now:
rudskoy$>: code temp.py
—————> It opens temp.py in a new VS Code window!
What I want:
rudskoy$>: code temp.py
—————> It opens temp.py in a current window as a new tab
Is this behaviour configurable?
I've investigate that terminal command (code) has an --help option.
--help says that: -r, --reuse-window Force opening a file or folder in the last active window.
This -r option is that I want to get from my question.
It appears that VSCode always opens a folder in with the last UI state it had.
I'm looking for something like Sublime's remember_open_files: false, or in other words, I would like VSCode to open up with a clean UI state regardless of what state the UI was in the last time the folder was open.
What's happening now:
cd my-project-folder/
code .
# VSCode opens folder with saved UI state
What I want:
cd my-project-folder/
code .
# VSCode opens folder with fresh UI state
I tried to do it through command line using the command
code -n .
which should have opened VS code in current folder with a new session but it does not seem to work at all. I believe that code . seems to ignore the -n new session option and restores the previous session for the folder. So this feature is probably not implemented in VS code.
(Refer here for the commandline options for VS code.)
this is the command that works for me on windows
code -r .
From inside VS Code built-in terminal, cd into your project folder/directory and enter command:
code -a .
Note period at end.
This will open your current directory/project folder without opening a new window.
Part of the answer on this thread worked for me. Basically, make sure VSC is in the Applications folder. Then open the Command Palette (F1 or ⇧⌘P on Mac) and type shell command to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.
Restart Visual Studio Code if it's open. In terminal, navigate to the folder you want to open in VSC, and type code .. Hopefully it should work for you.
If you are using a Mac, you need to first install the VSCode command amongst the shell command list.
Do this:
Open VSCode
press CMD + SHIFT + P
type shell command
select Install code command in path
navigate to any project from the terminal and type code .
code . opens VS Code at the current terminal folder
If you are using VS Code [Version: 1.50.0] then open your command prompt and go to your project's directory and just run the command:
code -a .
i.e. [Also can see the photo]
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$ code . --user-data-dir=.
This will open Visual Studio Code in current working directory. I use Bash with Ubuntu 16.04LTS.
I am using VS Code Version 1.24.1 (As of the time of original posting).
If you want to open a folder through the terminal, you can execute the command:
code -n name_of_your_folder/
or
code -n path_to your_folder/
Same thing goes for a file, and these open VS Code in a new window.
Also, note that you should have VS Code installed.
You're welcome!
I checked through all of the settings available in the VSCode preferences for me, and I don't think there is a way to do this.
There are some settings related to what VSCode window instance that folders will open into, but nothing that seems similar to Sublime Text's remember_open_files setting.
The closest thing I found was running code --user-data-dir . (feel free to replace . with some other directory so you don't pollute your current working directory) from the terminal to specify that VSCode shouldn't remember ANY previous settings, but this seems like overkill for what you're trying to accomplish (as VSCode will literally run as if it's the first time it's being run after a fresh install).
EDIT: I just discovered a View: Close All Editors command in the command palette (CMD + SHIFT + P). The keyboard shortcut for OSX is CMD + K, CMD + W, and this will close all the files you have opened!
I have the same problem on Mac.
I solved it in the following steps:
I opened the "Command Pallete" on the VSCode. This can be done by CMD + SHIFT + P
Type "shell"
Click on 'Install code command in path'
Give an administrator password
You will get a message that it has been installed
Now run "code ."
NB: Make sure you already cd into the folder you want to open before you run code .
If you want to open folder with vscode, you just go to folder ( you can user terminal or file explorer) with terminal, and do "code ."
To get the right folder in VS Code v 1.50.1 Terminal I tried a lot of options which didn't work for me. At the end I found very easy solution. I went to File->Open Workspace and found that my Workspace had the wrong folders inside it, which I simply deleted (from Workspace only!). Then I opened the folder I needed in my Workspace, opened Terminal->New Terminal, and everything worked perfectly well. Please let me know if this will work for someone else.
This command works to open a specific folder in VS code using terminal
code -r Documents/VS/C++/
here -r switch is used to open a file or a folder in an already opened VS code window
and then you specify the path of the file or folder you want to open
if you want to open it in a new window use -n switch instead of -r
This works for me with VSCode on Linux:
cd path/to/project
codium .
I tried every mentioned answers, what's work from me is this:-
I created a shell script to open folders.
$ sudo nano /usr/local/sbin/code2
/usr/bin/code-oss -n --user-data-dir '/home/myusername/.config/Code - OSS2/' -a $#
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/code2
You can remove --user-data-dir '/home/myusername/.config/Code - OSS2/' from the script if you want to use default code-oss config folder.
When I want to open a folder, I use the command like this :-
$ code2 .
I add this command code2 to open with option thunar to open folders directly from files manger.
Go to the directory in the command pallet on your computer the navigate to the the specific folder using cd
the type code . and that will open the folder and the files in it inside vs code. works like a charm.
If Visual Studio Code is installed using flatpak then a bash alias can help launch the application from the terminal.
alias code="flatpak run com.visualstudio.code"
I did it a simpler way just by three steps. I am currently in a project folder and want to open another folder in vs code using the cli or terminal. What I first did is navigated in the folder which I wanna open in vs code inside the terminal. Once I m inside that particular directory or folder I simply typed the command :
start code .
This will open that directory or folder in a new vs code window.
The complete process is :
open the terminal is vs code
navigate to the folder u want to open
once u r inside that particular folder type the command :
start code .
Is there a way of opening a file from the terminal in Visual Studio Code that opens in the same vscode instance that runs the terminal? Similar to c9 tool in Cloud9.
I'm aware of the code tool, but when you run code something.php from the integrated terminal it opens a new vscode instance, which is not what I want...
You can use -r or --reuse-window command line option.
code -r something.php
just
code file_name
I tried it on Win10 and on Linux (Ubuntu)
I don't know what operating system you're using, but on MacOS you can just say open filename.ext in the integrated terminal, and it will open a new tab in the same VSCode instance, ready for you to edit.
If you are having command not found: code in macOS, use a full path to it.
/Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code -r [filename]
Open Visual Studio Code
Press CMD + SHIFT + P (this opens "Command Palette")
Type shell command
Select “Install code command in path”
Navigate to any project from the terminal, and type code .
If it didn't work, select “Uninstall code command from path” first, then reinstall it again.
I use code -r . to open the current directory in the main window.
You can use the code command from the CLI to open a file, but if you want it to open in the existing window, either use code -r <file> as mentioned in other answers (which does work for me on Ubuntu Linux), or, if -r does not work (under WSL?), make sure window.openFilesInNewWindow is either off or default in settings.json or the in VS Code settings UI, then use code <file>.
Many things can be found in open --help
A work around that worked for me on MacOS is:
open -a 'Visual Studio Code.app' something.php
in the version 1.31.0 that I have installed, on Windows 7, the only way I found to do this is to e.g. change the file associations in system so that .cproj and .cs files are opened by Visual Studio Code by default, and type "filename.cs" in Terminal to open file by that name in the same window... -r option is not working for the first call (opens a new window), but with each subsequent call that same window is correctly reused. ok can't get to open whole directories this way - it's a bit shoddy anyway. probably it would be more convenient to use an outside shell and work with "-r" option
VSCode 1.64 (Jan. 2022) comes with a new command:
Keyboard Navigable Links
Previously, link navigation in the terminal required the use of a mouse.
Now, links can be opened using only the keyboard via the following commands:
Terminal: Open Detected Link... to view all links (web, file, word)
Terminal: Open Last Web Link... ex: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
Terminal: Open Last File Link... ex: /Users/user/repo/file.txt
Check if the last command Terminal: Open Last File Link... would help in your case.
See also "Terminal shell integration"