Copyright © 2016-2020 Anthony Fung

For compatibility with Visual Studio 2022, please use version 1.7.0

Working Files List is a Visual Studio extension that shows a vertically stacked list of documents that have been opened in the editor, in a tool window.

Note: This extension does not have a digital signature; file hash sums are listed below (for version 1.6.0). Alternatively, the full source code for this extension is available to enable building your own copy.

• MD5: 6166EDE326C581B6443242FDFE656A5E
• SHA1: 15AC18A7AE4156B0289C6F73378C5DB71D670142
• SHA256: EBC84EB8DFA1104398B0E8DDF232A6ADE80D22F77C1F08DECA66C9035386F23E

Features

• Sort by document project name
• Sort by document name/recently used order
• Group by project
• Automatically assign list entry colours based on project
• Optionally show parent directories names for each open document
• File type icons
• Ability to pin files

Getting Started

After installing, select [View] -> [Other Windows] -> [Working Files List] on the menu bar within Visual Studio. Any open documents should be listed in the tool window.

• Left-clicking on an item in the list activates the tab for that document.
• Middle-clicking on an item closes that file.
• Hover the mouse over an item to show its full name in the tool tip.
• _Right-clicking _opens -tests file (opens Tests.extension, e.g. MyFile.cs => MyFileTests.cs)
• Double-left-clicking on an item (in the unpinned files area) pins/unpins the file

Release Notes (v1.6.0)

New Features:

• Add options to hide quick-config and search bars

Full version history can be found at

https://github.com/Ant-f/WorkingFilesList/releases

Resources

For further information including user guide, see the wiki

https://github.com/Ant-f/WorkingFilesList/wiki