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Breadcrumb Copier

Breadcrumb Copier

Mike Cunneen

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525 installs
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Copy the active editor's breadcrumbs path
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Breadcrumb Copier Plugin for VSCode

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This is a fork of scott blair's copy breadcrumbs plugin for visual studio code.

What does it do?

It copies the Breadcrumbs at the top of your VSCode's editor pane, into the clipboard (or optionally to the local terminal).

For example, while I'm typing the contents of this README.md, the current breadcrumb is showing: > Users > mikecunneen > Development > vscode-copy-breadcrumbs > cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs > README.md > # Breadcrumb Copier Plugin for VSCode > ## What does it do?

Sit tight, we're about to enter inception-mode:

If, for example, you were editing this very README file and you wanted to grab the breadcrumb, you would simply open the Command Palette and choose "Copy Breadcrumb".

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Background

The original plugin worked nicely (thank you Scott Blair) but I forked it because I wanted to:

  • examine the plugin's code, but there was not GitHub repo attached to the plugin
  • contribute a feature (configurable breadcrumb path separation characters), but... there was no repo to which I could submit pull requests
  • contribute some documentation but... you get the idea.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.pasteToTerminal (boolean): If enabled, will automatically paste the breadcrumb path into the active terminal upon copy command (default: false)
  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.copyToClipboard (boolean): If enabled, will copy the breadcrumb path to the clipboard upon copy command (default: true)
  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.showAlert (boolean): If enabled, will show an alert upon copy command (default: true)
  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.separationString (string): The string to use as a path separator (default: " > ")

The following commands are available via the command palette:

  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.copy: Copy Breadcrumb
  • cunneen-copy-breadcrumbs.copy-last: Copy Breadcrumb - Last Part Only

Known Issues

None as yet

Release Notes

See the Changelog

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