One-click toggle to hide dotfolders (.vscode, .github, .idea, …) from the Explorer.
Usage
Click the eye icon in the Explorer title bar to hide; it becomes eye-closed — click it to show.
Or run Hide Dotfolders: Toggle from the Command Palette.
How it works
Hiding scans the top level of each workspace folder for dotfolders and adds a **/.name: true entry to files.exclude for each one. Showing removes only the entries the extension added.
Any key already in effective files.exclude (VS Code defaults, user, workspace, or folder settings — even false) is left alone. Matching is by exact key, so equivalent patterns like .vscode/** aren't recognized.
.git is already hidden by VS Code's default files.exclude, so the toggle doesn't touch it.
An added entry you change to false is treated as yours and kept on show.
While hidden, dotfolders are rescanned on startup and when folders are added to the workspace. Dotfolders created on disk in between aren't picked up until then.
Dotfiles (.env, .gitignore, …) are not scanned. But **/.name patterns match anything with that name at any depth, including nested files.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
hideDotfolders.scope
global
Where entries are written: global (user settings) or workspace (this workspace's settings). Changing it while hidden applies to the next hide.
global: hidden state is shared across all projects. Opening another project while hidden adds its dotfolders to user settings too.
workspace: requires an open folder. Writes to .vscode/settings.json (or the .code-workspace file), creating it if needed.
With global scope and Settings Sync on (Settings + Extensions), the entries and the extension's record of them both sync, so any machine can show them again.
