This VSCode extension enhances development productivity for CakePHP projects by providing intelligent navigation and code insight features. It offers quick access to related files, simplifies traversing between controllers, views, and other components, and supports plugin-aware file resolution. The extension also provides navigation capabilities for JavaScript and CSS files, allowing developers to easily locate and open associated asset files within their CakePHP project structure.
Feature overview for a VSCode plugin
Controller to Template Navigation:
Hover over controller names or ->render() calls in controller files
Display a link to the corresponding template file
Clicking the link opens the template file
View Element Navigation:
Hover over element references in view files
Show links to the corresponding element files
Clicking a link opens the element file
Cell Navigation:
Hover over cell references in view or controller files
Display links to both the cell class file and its template
Clicking a link opens the respective file
Asset Navigation:
Hover over Html->js() calls to show and open JavaScript files
Hover over Html->css() calls to show and open CSS files
Email Template Navigation:
Hover over email template references
Show links to both HTML and text versions of the email template
Clicking a link opens the respective email template file
Plugin-aware File Resolution:
Correctly resolve files across different plugins
Support for both plugin and app-level files
Asset Compression Configuration:
Hover over asset references in asset_compress.ini
Show and open the referenced asset files
Namespace and Class Resolution:
Parse and utilize Composer's autoload configuration for accurate file lookups
Settings
quickJump
Use Ctrl or Alt + click to jump to the first matched file.
