I would like to know if it is possible to keep this search engine (Ctrl-P) open if I change the window, in Visual Studio Code.
It is a not very relevant functionality but it would help me when I forget part of the name of the file I want to search for or I have to change the window to solve another situation, however, when returning to Visual Studio Code the file browser closed itself and I must return to write part of the file path from the start.
Is there a configuration or extension with this functionality?
Thank you very much!
No, you cannot keep that open when you change windows. Since the search engine provides compilers or lints for various languages that you are editing in the ide space. So when you open a new window by default VS code provides a different configuration for the script, so the search engine cannot be kept open.
A detailed description can be found here https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings
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As a reminder, I would like to be able to highlight a file (in Explorer) that I have made important changes to. Highlighting it would make it easy to find again!
Visual Studio Code still doesn't provide such a feature. If you have source control, it will allow you to track modified files unless it is not available yet.
I want to create a designer for the code of the current active editor (a tab in VSCode). So I would like to ask you, how this is accomplishable.
In this video the developer is showing impressively that this is possible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgPYdtcNRwg
I looked already for the some API's like https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/custom-editors, but they all doesn't offer what I want: grab and manipulate existing code of current tab, or maybe I am missing something?
Perhaps I have to think out of the box and work with the file path of current tab/editor, and change the code in files on the filesystem directly?
I am grateful for any hint and help.
I am exploring vscode after using atom for a long while. One of the things I'm missing is an equivalent of the lovely package advanced-open-file. Is there something similar to this in vscode?
I found the advanced-new-file extension, but it is only helpful when it comes to new files. I would like to be able to quickly open files from all over my local files (not only the workspace).
Edit: I found the option of workbench.action.quickOpen; but it doesn't allow opening files from the whole file system.
Sorry, but currently the answer is no. The problem is that input box doesn't provide a way to listen to key events:
GitHub issue,
so even the extensions can't do that currently. Here's the comment from advanced-new-file extension creator:
Because VSCode extensions don't yet have the ability to do type-ahead autocomplete within the text input box (See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/426), we work around this limitation and provide autocomplete using a two-step workflow of selecting existing path, then providing new filename/path relative to the selection.
The good news is that there is a new API addressing this issue, but it's currently in 'proposed' state and can't be used for published extensions.
One workaround could be typing code -r some/path in integrated terminal and using 'tab' for autocomplete.
The Fuzzy search extension seems to work for me.
It adds a new action to the command palette which allows you to search for files in the current project and open them.
Quick Open is a must-have feature in any IDE, but in Visual Studio Code (by default bound to cmd+e on Mac) it seems to be very slow in finding anything. Is there any configuration option/trick to make it faster by indexing files etc.?
We plan to add indexing in future updates. Until then you can configure to exclude more folders from searches. The setting is called search.exclude and allows to set patterns.
Btw quick open learns about files you open often and keeps those in a MRU list. Quick open should be fast for those files.
This extension might be useful for opening files faster:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/astral-keks.folder-indexing
It allows user to navigate to any file in workspace by just typing part of its name in editbox opened by workbench.action.showAllSymbols (Go To Symbol In Workspace) command.
I do not want Vscode to open up another window while debugging. Is there a way to attach this window inside the IDE?
If the above is impossible, is there a way to choose a more usable terminal? The default terminal doesn't allow for text selection which makes it unacceptable.
Since VSCode is not an IDE, we do not have a built-in terminal.
I tried the terminals on OS X, Linux, and Windows. They all allow me to select and copy text (however on Windows it is through the 'Edit' > 'Mark' mechanism).
Andre Weinand, Visual Studio Code
The vscode forums have a request for an integrated terminal with a number of upvotes, i'd advise adding your voice to the chorus.
It's a must to output the debug console writes to an attached panel in Visual Studio Code. Click an highlight a word in the debug output console text to do a global project search to find all code containing that string. A common thing like tagging error blocks with a unique ID that gets output to the console when the error happens. Full text search of the project source code tree for the ID...