TODOs Finder

An extension for Visual Studio Code that helps you find and manage TODOs in your codebase. This extension provides a sidebar view and a status bar item to display the number of TODOs, and it allows you to configure custom tags and file patterns for inclusion and exclusion in the search.

Features

• Display the total number of TODOs in your project.
• Sidebar view with a list of files containing TODOs.
• Configure custom tags for filtering TODOs.
• Configure file inclusion and exclusion patterns for the search.
• Ignore specific TODOs with an //ignore-todo comment.

Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Go to the Extensions view by clicking the square icon in the sidebar or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X.
3. Search for TODOs Finder.
4. Click Install.

Usage

Sidebar View

• Open the TODOs view from the activity bar to see the list of files containing TODOs.
• Click on a file to navigate to it.

Status Bar

• The status bar shows the total number of TODOs in the project.
• It updates automatically when you save a file or switch active editors.

Ignoring TODOs

• Add //ignore-todo on the line before a TODO to exclude it from the count.

Configuration

Default Values

• Tag: "" (empty string).
• Files to Include: **/*
• Files to Exclude: **/node_modules/**

Setting Custom Values

You can configure the extension settings through the VSCode settings UI or by editing your settings.json file:

{
  "todosfinder.tag": "BUG",
  "todosfinder.filesToInclude": "**/*.js",
  "todosfinder.filesToExclude": "**/node_modules/**"
}

• Tag: Custom tag to search for TODOs. Example: BUG.
  • By default the extension will search for the keyword TODO. If you add a custom value, for example BUG, the extension will search for TODO[BUG].
• Files to Include: Global pattern of files to include in the search. Example: **/*.js
• Files to Exclude: Global pattern of files to exclude from the search. Example: **/node_modules/**