I'm writing an extension for vscode, in typescript.
In the active editor, at a particular position, I want to open a peek window to display the content of a particular file. Like this one:
But I can't figure out how to do it. Is it possible? And how?
Since I found the answer I will post it here in case someone has similar needs.
The name of the built-in command to pop up a peek window is "editor.action.peekLocations". Here is the link to the source file where it is registered. The description in it was enough to make it work:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/editor/contrib/gotoSymbol/goToCommands.ts
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In VSCode if I press Ctrl+P, I can type a filename and open it.
Since some recent update, these files open in the same editor, so it isn't possible to open multiple files one after the other.
I remember there being a setting somewhere but I can't find it. What's the name of it? And/or, how do I change this behavior?
As #Mark pointed out, the key word here is "preview".
Under Workbench -> Editor, there is Enable Preview from Quick Open.
Hopefully this helps someone else out who also doesn't know what the feature is called, and who is annoyed about VS Code constantly resetting their config when it feels like it. :-)
I am missing this feature from Sublime Text so much. Go to Symbol in Workspace feels so close to it and yet so far away.This is very useful in the following examples:
You have many classes that have the same symbol/function name, Pre-filtering the file lets you jump to the exact definition very fast
You know the name of the file, but you are not sure about the exact symbol/function name. Fuzzy searching it is super fast
You want to quickly preview the available symbols/functions in a given file
Here is a sample video demonstrating this feature in Sublime Text:
https://youtu.be/48f3N0hCaBU?t=109
If this is not currently possible, is it possible to implement as extension?
This is being added in v1.44. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_44.md#navigate-from-files-into-symbols
You can now continue to navigate into symbols of a file result simply
by typing #. For the file that is currently selected, all symbols will
appear and the editor will open in the background to reveal the active
symbol.
I created an extension that provide similar functionality:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Cmacu.gotoanything
I have recently switched to VSCode, and am loving it, except for one specific thing that drives me nuts.
My "goto" command is {Command+P}, the easy search-and-open-file bar. If I type the name of a file into this bar and it does not exist, I want to be able to hit ENTER and have it open a tab editing that file as a new file. This is the behavior I would get in old-school Windows Notepad, or in mvim :e <filename>, but I can't figure out how to do it in VSCode.
Is there a toggle or a plugin I can use to get this behavior straight out of the Go To File dialog?
Answering my own question:
No, there's no way to do this using {Command+P}. This is strictly a file finder and I've yet to see any plugin that changes the behavior.
If you're using the VsCodeVim plugin, an almost-as-good approach is just :e <file> - immediately open a new buffer editing the given file. There's no tab autocomplete this way, but you just have to live with that.
Does VS Code (I currently use v1.8.1) has any shortcut like ctrl+q in eclipse?
It returns your cursor to the place where you stopped writing code(very useful for fast code browsing)
and it is different to alt+left which navigate backward
EDIT: I have found that this extension should do that you're asking. I suggest trying it out.
Original:
Out of the box in VS Code, this command does not exist. The list of default shortcuts can be found here, or you can open the keybindings settings in VS Code (ctrl+k, ctrl+s on Windows) and see which commands are available.
If you'd like to suggest this as a feature, you can open a new issue on GitHub or consider creating an extension.
If I understand correctly, you want a command that will move the cursor to where the last edit in a document was made.
This should be possible using an extension that listens to document change events and records the position of the cursor. Then, when the command is issued, it sets the editors cursor to that saved position.
You can also try "Eclipse Keymap" from Alphabot Security, has a lot of eclipse bindings.
I don't believe there is a built-in way to do this, but you could work around it by using an extension such as https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.Bookmarks .
Newby here...I have my first script running...yeah! But I'd like to read some window controls. I see in the AHK Help for GetControlPos and others:
Can be either ClassNN (the classname and instance number of the control) or the name/text of the control, both of which can be determined via Window Spy.
Duh, I can't find the info in Windows Spy. Can someone point me in the right direction...TIA.
You have to hover over the controls with you mouse. In the "Under mouse" section you will see what can be gathered from the application. In quite a few situations, you will not see more that the colour under the mouse. When the application has named controls, you will then see the ClassNN name/ID.
In short, not all programs have named controls.
You can test with e.g. Notepad and in Notepad use file save. The file save dialog has named controls.