Open in Editor

A Visual Studio 2017 (and newer) extension that adds a menu command that lets you open any solution, project, folder or file in a text editor of your choice.

Based on Calvin A. Allen Open in Notepad++ extension.

For Visual Studio 2015 see Open in Editor.

For Visual Studio 2019 see Open in Editor 2019.

For Visual Studio 2022 see Open in Editor 2022.

Prerequisites

This extension will search for the following text editors:

Notepad

Notepad++

Notepad2

PSPad

Sublime Text 3

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code Insiders

in their default install directory (you can download each editor following the link).

Settings

You can add up to three custom text editors (Tools, Options, Open In Editor, Custom Text Editors) and select the text editor to be used:

Usage

In Solution Explorer, right click on an item and select Open In Editor.

Release Notes:

Version 1.6: Added use of AsyncPackage.

Version 1.5: Fixed null exception when selecting file in Solution Folder.

Version 1.4: Added support for Visual Studio 2019. Fixed detection of Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Code Insiders.

Version 1.3: Added support for Visual Studio 2017.

Version 1.2: Open solution file or project file instead of all files insideit.

Version 1.1: Added Notepad2 and Sublime Text 3 to default editors.

Version 1.0: Initial.