vscode-solution-explorer

This extension adds a Visual Studio Solution File explorer panel in Visual Studio Code. Now you can navigate into your solution following the original Visual Studio structure.

Features

Adds a Solution Explorer panel where you can find a Visual Studio Solution File Explorer.

Can load any .sln version
Supports csproj, fsproj and vbproj (from vs2017 and before)
Supports dotnet core projects
You can create, delete, rename or move project folders and files.
You can create, delete, rename or move solution, solution folders and projects.
You can add or remove packages and references when the project is of kind CPS (dotnet core).

Requirements

You have to open a folder with at least one solution file (".sln") in the root path.

Or you can create a new one by clicking with the rigth mouse button.

License

The source code is licensed under the MIT license.

The icons from (vscode-icons extension) are licensed under the Creative Commons - ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.

Branded icons are licensed under their copyright license.

Extension Settings

vssolution.showMode Show the solution explorer in the "activityBar", in the "explorer" pane or "none" to hide it. This feature is only for testing pourposes.
vssolution.solutionExplorerIcons "solution-explorer": custom items from vscode-solution-explorer extension. "mix": file and folder icons from the installed icons theme. "current-theme": all the icons are from the installed icons theme.
vssolution.showOutputChannel Show the solution explorer output channel.
vssolution.trackActiveItem Select the active editor file in the solution explorer.
vssolution.netcoreIgnore Folder and file names to ignore when get a dotnet core project content.
vssolution.xxprojItemTypes Type of XML element to put in the xxproj files.
vssolution.xmlspaces Spaces to be used for indenting XML output. It could be a number or an string. ex. "2", " " or "t".
vssolution.altSolutionFolders If there is no solution in the workplace root folder, it will search for solutions in any of these folders.
vssolution.win32Encoding Win32 "codepage" to "iconv.js" encoding equivalences.

Example

{
    "vssolution.showMode": "explorer",

    "vssolution.solutionExplorerIcons": "current-theme",

    "vssolution.showOutputChannel": true,

    "vssolution.trackActiveItem": true,

    "vssolution.netcoreIgnore": [
        "bin",
        "node_modules",
        "obj",
        ".ds_store"
    ],

    "vssolution.xxprojItemTypes": {
        "*": "Content",
        "cs": "Compile",
        "vb": "Compile",
        "fs": "Compile",
        "ts": "TypeScriptCompile"
    },

    "vssolution.xmlspaces": "2",

    "vssolution.altSolutionFolders": [
        "src"
    ],

    "vssolution.win32Encoding": {
        "932": "Shift_JIS",
        "936": "GBK",
        "950": "BIG5"
    }
}

Known Issues

Please report your issues: vscode-solution-explorer GitHub page

Release Notes

There is a lot of work to do.

0.2.34

Added "win32Encoding" configuration parameter to help people fixing win32 encoding problems in the output.

Bug fixed #36: chinese encoding problem. Thanks to darkmfj.

Feature #23: Added .njsproj project support.

0.2.33

Bug fixed #32: If you select "explorer" mode it doesn't show the "activityBar" icon.

Bug fixed #35: commented "Project" tag lines in the ".xxproj" files are ignored.

0.2.32

Activated again the activity bar show mode. It's not working right. But some people have ask for it.

Thanks to contributors

dfrencham darkmfj

Enjoy!

remcoros / vscode-solution-explorer