Tired of "Info" messages cluttering your Problems panel? This extension helps you maintain a cleaner view by default, focusing on errors and warnings, while still allowing you to easily toggle Info messages visibility.
Features
Automatic Filtering on Startup: By default, when VS Code starts or a new workspace is opened, this extension will automatically hide "Info" level messages in the Problems panel, ensuring you primarily see errors and warnings. This behaviour can be disabled.
Toggle Info Visibility Command: Quickly toggle the visibility of "Info" messages in the Problems panel using a dedicated command.
How It Works
The extension leverages built-in VS Code commands to manipulate the Problems panel filters.
On startup, if auto-filtering is enabled, it checks if "Info" messages are visible and, if so, executes the command to toggle them off.
The manual toggle command directly executes the VS Code command responsible for toggling the "Info" filter.
Commands
Problems Filter: Toggle Info Problem Visibility: Toggles the visibility of "Info" level messages in the Problems panel. You can access this via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P).
Configuration
problemsFilter.autoFilterEnabled:
Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Enable or disable the automatic hiding of "Info" messages in the Problems panel on startup. If set to false, the extension will not alter your Problems panel filters automatically when VS Code starts.
Installation
Open Visual Studio Code.
Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X).
Search for "Problems Filter" by sammcleod.
Click "Install".
Reload VS Code if prompted.
Alternatively, you can install it from the VS Code Marketplace (link will be active once published).
Known Issues
The extension relies on specific built-in VS Code commands to toggle the Problems panel filters. If these internal commands change in future VS Code versions, the extension might require an update to maintain functionality.
Release Notes
0.0.1
Initial release.
Automatic hiding of "Info" messages in the Problems panel on startup (configurable).
Command to manually toggle "Info" message visibility.
