📁 Folder Structure Navigator

🚀 A powerful VS Code extension to generate, explore, and export your project’s folder structure — with smart .gitignore integration and advanced filtering.

✨ Features

• ✅ Generate Folder Structure

  • Right-click any folder in VS Code Explorer and instantly create a neat tree view of its directory structure.
  • Saves to a configurable .txt file (default: structure.txt).
  • Automatically updates the nearest .gitignore to exclude this file.

• ✅ Generate Custom Structure

  • Customize how the structure is generated:

    • Include hidden files (dotfiles).
    • Filter by specific file extensions (e.g. js, ts, json).
    • Exclude selected folders (like node_modules, dist, etc).

  • Saves as custom_structure.txt.

• ✅ Smart Output Options

  • After generation, quickly:

    • Open the file in the editor.
    • Copy the structure directly to clipboard.

⚙ Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

🖱 Usage

• Right-click on any folder in the VS Code Explorer and select:

  • 📂 Generate Folder Structure
  • ⚙ Generate Custom Structure

• Follow the interactive prompts to tailor your structure.

✅ Requirements

• Visual Studio Code 1.80.0 or higher.
• No additional setup needed.

🚀 Known Issues

• Generating structures for very large folders may take longer.
• Extremely deep directory trees may exceed maxDepth.

📝 Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release:

  • Generate folder structure and save to file.
  • Generate custom structures with advanced filters.
  • Automatically update nearest .gitignore.

📚 Useful Links

• VS Code Extension API
• VS Code Extension Guidelines

💻 Contributing

Found a bug or have an idea for a new feature? Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request — contributions are welcome!

📄 License

MIT — use freely, modify, and share.

🚀 Enjoy using Folder Structure Navigator! If you like it, ⭐ star it on GitHub (when published) or leave a review on the Marketplace.