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Right Click Open Here

Right Click Open Here

SamEdwardes

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Open or re-open VS Code from the explorer context menu.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Right Click Open Here

Open VS Code in a specific folder from the context menu.

Links

  • GitHub Repo: https://github.com/SamEdwardes/vscode-extension-right-click-open-here
  • VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SamEdwardes.right-click-open-here
  • Open VSX Marketplace: https://open-vsx.org/extension/SamEdwardes/right-click-open-here

Features

Adds custom commands to the explorer context menu and command palette to open/reopen VS Code in specific directories.

Screenshot of context menu

Screenshot of command palette

The follow commands are added to the explorer context menu:

  • Open Here: New Window
  • Open Here: Same Window
  • Open Here: Parent Folder New Window
  • Open Here: Parent Folder Same Window

Two commands are also added to the Command Palette:

  • > Open Here: Open Workspace Parent Folder New Window
  • > Open Here: Open Workspace Parent Folder Same Window

Requirements

None

Extension Settings

None

Known Issues

None

Release Notes

See https://github.com/SamEdwardes/vscode-extension-right-click-open-here/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md.

Contributing

See https://github.com/SamEdwardes/vscode-extension-right-click-open-here/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md.

Attributions

  • Motivated by this great extension: https://github.com/chrisdias/vscode-opennewinstance
  • Open folder icons created by kmg design - Flaticon
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