If I launch Visual Studio Code directly it remembers all the files I had open previously. The issue I have is if I (under Win10) right click a file and select "Open With Code". If VS Code is already open everything is file. If VS Code is not open, it will launch and open the file, but forget all the files I had previously opened.
This seems like unexpected (and non-consistent) behavior. Is there a way to get VS Code to launch from "Open With Code" but have it also open all the files I had opened previously? Basically, act the same as if VS Code was already opened when I clicked on "Open With Code".
Add the following line to your setting.json (Code Menu > Preferences > Setting)
"window.restoreWindows": preserve
This issue seems to cover exactly your case and has been resolved here
Can we add existing file or folder to VS code solution from explorer itself ?
One way is to add from file explorer but can this be done from VS code explorer itself like other Visual studio IDE solution explorer ?
We can't add it like Visual Studio IDE as how you will always have a link to it.
However, you can "Open" a file temporarily via Cntrl+O or can open a new Window with that other folder opened.
On Linux, the existing file can be inserted by copying to system's clipboard then paste from VSC.
To copy to system's clipboard:
xclip <filename>
Then paste to VSC as usual using Ctrl-V.
I have been using Visual Studio Code for sometime and its really amazing so far. But often I stumble upon an issue where if I import project through File->Open I end up with empty sidebar. If I do cmd+P to load files, files are available but its just not visible on sidebar.
Trying open projects with File->Open Recents or Ctrl+R also dint work out.
After reporting the issue to Visual Studio Code's github link, they have resolved the issue pretty fast.
Reason
Users who had file explorer hidden in 1.15 release might not see file explorer and also cannot retrieve it after upgrading to latest version. Workaround is to upgrade to insiders containing the fix or clear cache for that folder as follows:
Steps
Close the window opening the folder that has this issue
Open new empty Window
Run command Developer: Toggle Developer Tools
Go to Application Tab in Developer tools
Select file:// under Local Storage section in the menu on the left
Search for the key workbench.explorer.views.state using Filter inputbox
Select the folder with this key and Delete it
Now open the folder in VS Code and you should be seeing the file explorer.
How do I open multiple projects/folders in a single Visual Studio Code instance, and open multiple files in single view? Does it has any option for future change request?
Not sure why the simplest solution is not mentioned. You can simply do File>New Window and open the other project in the new window.
Update
This is now available out of the box as of October 2017. From the blog post:
This was our #1 feature request - it's been a while coming but it's here now.
The complete documentation is here.
You can work with multiple project folders in Visual Studio Code with multi-root workspaces. This can be very helpful when you are working on several related projects at one time. For example, you might have a repository with a product's documentation which you like to keep current when you update the product source code.
Original answer
Currently the Insider channel of VSCode gives us this out of the box.
Read more from the blog post.
Update
As mentioned in several other answers here, this 'accepted' answer is outdated and is no longer correct. VS Code now has the concept of a 'workspace' which lets you add several 'root' folders to VS Code in the same window.
For instance, when working on a project in one folder that utilizes shared code held in a different folder, you can now open both the project folder and the shared folder in the same window.
To do this you use the Add folder to Workspace... command. VS Code then saves this configuration in a new file with a .code-workspace extension. If you double-click that file, VS Code will re-open with both folders present.
Original Accepted Answer (Outdated)
As described in The Basics of Visual Studio Code article:
"VSCode is file and folder based - you can get started immediately by opening a file or folder in VSCode."
This means the concept of solution and project files, like the .sln and .csproj, have no real function in VSCode other than that it uses these only to target and identify which language to support for Intellisense and such.
Simply put, the folder you open is the root you work with. But of course there is nothing from stopping you to open multiple windows.
As for the request features options, navigate to Help > Request Features which will redirect you to the UserVoice page of VSCode.
Support for multi-root workspaces is now enabled by default in the latest stable release [November 2017 release].
The File > Add Folder to Workspace command brings up an Open Folder dialog to select the new folder.
If you are using unix like OS, you can create a soft link to your target folder.
E.g. I want to see golang source while I am using VSCode. So, I create a soft link to go/src under my project folder.
ln -s /usr/local/go/src gosrc
Hope this helps!
Update: 11/28, 2017
Multi Root Workspaces[0] landed in the stable build, finally.
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_18#_support-for-multi-root-workspaces
[0] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/396
You can open any folder, so if your projects are in the same tree, just open the folder beneath them.
Otherwise you can open 2 instances of Code as another option
On Windows it's possible to use mklink to create directory symbolic links to the needed folders. Then keep them together in a folder, and VSCode will list the content of these.
c:\>mklink /D c:\dev\MyWork\scripts c:\ProjA\scripts
symbolic link created for c:\dev\MyWork\scripts <<===>> c:\ProjA\scripts
c:\>mklink /D c:\dev\MyWork\styles c:\ProjB\styles
symbolic link created for c:\dev\MyWork\styles <<===>> c:\dev\ProjB\styles
This is very similar to #NeilShen's idea, I guess.
Multiple Folders in VS
Click ->File ->Add Folder to Workplace.
Step 1.
Choose which project to work ->Add(press)
Step 2.
October 2017 (version 1.18):
Support for multi-root workspaces is now enabled by default in the Stable release: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_18#_support-for-multi-root-workspaces
Now we can open multiple folders in one instance, Visual studio code has named as Workspace ("Area de Trabajo"). Take a look at the images, it´s very simple.
Or you can just select multiple folders and then click open.
Go to File> Open Folder, then select multiple folders you want to open and click Select Folder
Just put your projects in the same folder and simply open that folder in vscode.
Now your projects will appear like:
GROUP OF PROJECTS
PROJECT 1
Contents
Contents
PROJECT 2
Contents
Contents
It's not possible to open a new instance of Visual Studio Code normally, neither it works if you open the new one as Administrator.
Solution: simply right click on VS Code .exe file, and click "New Window"
you can open as many new windows as you want. :)
You can install the Open Folder Context Menus for VS Code extension from Chris Dias
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisdias.vscode-opennewinstance
Restart Visual Studio Code
Right click a folder and select "Open New Workbench Here"
Open New Workbench Here
You can open up to 3 files in the same view by pressing [CTRL] + [^]
What I suggest for now is to create symlinks in a folder, since VSCode isn't supporting that feature.
First, make a folder called whatever you'd like it to be.
$ mkdir random_project_folder
$ cd random_project_folder
$ ln -s /path/to/folder1/you/want/to/open folder1
$ ln -s /path/to/folder2/you/want/to/open folder2
$ ln -s /path/to/folder3/you/want/to/open folder3
$ code .
And you'll see your folders in the same VSCode window.
you can create a workspace and put folders in that :
File > save workspace as
and drag and drop your folders in saved workspace
You can use this extension known as Project Manager
In this the projects are saved in a file projects.json, just save the project and by pressing Shift + Alt + P you can see the list of all your saved projects, from there you can easily switch your projects.
To run one project at a time in same solution
Open Solution explorer window -> Open Solution for Project -> Right click on it -> Select Properties from drop down list (Alt+Enter)-> Common Properties -> select Startup Project you will see "current selection,single selection and multiple selection from that select "Current Selection" this will help you to run one project at a time in same solution workspace having different coding.
You can simply add folders (as many you want) in your workspace as shown in this image:
Image
And use them unhesitatingly.
I am getting following error on
Cannot create the in-place editor
This is probably because there is no
OLE editor registered against the type
of file you were trying to open.
Failed to create Ole Client. result =
-2147417851
I have MS office 2007,and the excel file is stored as "save as 2003 version".
I'm using 3.5 so things could be different. Window->Preferences->General->Editors->File Associations.
Add *.xls and add Associated Editor (from this window you can select external programs to open with)
I think you should be able to open the excel file inside and eclipse editor, but it looks like the OLE is not working on your system for some reason.
first check the system editor available or not.
if available right click on xls file and click on open with system editor.
if not available follow bellow steps.
eclipse-->help-->Install new software-->search for editor and download and restart the eclipse. After restart the eclipse right click on xls file and click on open with system editor.