It happens often when I work in VSCode and I need to send a code line URL from a repo to a colleague.
There is no native support for this in VSCode. There is a capability that's enabled by Atlassian plugin if you are using Bitbucket. However, I've been looking for a more versatile option.
An answer I found using GitLens:
Option 1
Install GitLens plugin in VSCode
Open file from a cloned repo then Cmd+Shift+P > type GitLens: Copy
Click on Settings cog and assign key binding (Cmd+C+P is free)
Select a line from code in a cloned repo and use your shortcut to copy URL
Option 2
(ref How can I copy the repository URL for a line of code in Visual Studio Code?)
Install GitLens plugin in VSCode
Open file from a cloned repo then Cmd+Shift+P > type GitLens: Copy
Run gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard command.
I would like to create buildspec.yml file in eclipse. I have downloaded yaml editor and ydit from eclipse market place. How to create yaml file in src code. i could see only class and other files. not yaml. Please help on this
It's just normal file text, Right click your wanted project -> New -> Other -> File.
If you need more support you could install Yedit from Eclipse Market.
YEdit is an Eclipse editor for editing YAML files. It has the following features:
Syntax highlighting
Syntax checking
Content outline
Templates
Various text editing support like auto-indenting and toggling of comments.
Symfony compatibility mode. * Source formatting (experimental)
Use Right-click > New > Other > File and make sure its extension is .yaml or .yml.
PS: I suggest you try https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-wild-web-developer-web-development-eclipse-ide instead of Yedit. It's a better alternative IMO.
I want to be Visual Studio Code my default editor for all text-based file types in Windows. For Notepad++ there is an extension in the Windows Explorer to provide "Edit in Notepad++" for each file.
How can I achieve this for "Edit with Visual Studio Code"?
Do I have to "program" such extension on my own or are there any ready-to-use solutions available?
According to this blog post you can set this option during the installation process. If you want to add this option afterwards you either can follow the instructions of the rest of the post or (as recommended) reinstall vscode and then select that option during reinstalling.
When I faced the same issue, for me it was more comfortable to simply reinstall vscode.
It is east !
step 1 -->
Right click the file you want to always open with VS code
example - if you want to always open .txt files in VS code then Right click on any .txt file that is in you system
see this
step 2 -->
click on 'open with'
see this
step 3 -->
click on 'choose another app'
see this
step 4 -->
a new window will open, it will show all the applications on you system that are capable to open that file
click on VS code
and check the box at the bottom that says 'always use this app to open .txt files'
see this
and then click on open
THATS IT
NOW ON .txt FILES WILL BE OPENED IN VS CODE
.txt file extension is just an example, you can do this to any file example .py, .html, .pdf etc.
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.
Recently I moved from Sublime Text to GitHub Atom editor. I wanted to create new project in Atom editor. How do I do it?
Is there any way to migrate Sublime Text project files to Atom project files?
YES
Project management Sublime Style:
apm install project-manager
This is what you're looking for. With this package you can easily change between projects just like in Sublime editor.
https://atom.io/packages/project-manager
For those that are unsatisfied with dealing with multiple atom windows, check out https://atom.io/packages/project-plus
It allows you to switch between projects in the same window (and does it fast). It works almost identical to how sublime did (in that it remembers open buffers, temporary state, tabs, etc.).