The CPP Codelens extension enhances your coding experience by providing inline reference counts and easy navigation for your C++ projects, helping you quickly see how many times and where a particular symbol is referenced within your workspace.
✨ Key Features
🔍 Reference Count CodeLens: Displays the number of references for various C++ symbols directly above their declarations.
⚙️ Highly Configurable: Enable or disable CodeLens per symbol type (e.g., classes, methods, fields, functions, etc.)
🔗 Seamless Integration: Works smoothly with popular C++ tools and VS Code’s C++ extensions
🧠 Supports Common C++ Symbol Types: Tracks functions, methods, variables, and other common C++ symbols for comprehensive insight.
🔄 Real-Time Updates: Automatically refreshes CodeLens as you write, keeping information up-to-date without manual reloads.
Requirements
✅ Proper IntelliSense setup
Make sure the C++ language server is initialized and working (Without this, reference counts may not show or will show as 0).
Extension Settings
Settings
Description
Default
cpp-codelens.enableCodeLens
Enable/disable this extension
true
cpp-codelens.codelens.references.emptyTemplate
Fallback template shown above symbols when no specific template when no references are found is configured for that symbol type.Leave empty to disable the annotation.
""
cpp-codelens.codelens.references.singularTemplate
Fallback template shown above symbols with exactly one reference when no specific template is configured for that symbol type.
{{ count }} references
cpp-codelens.codelens.references.pluralTemplate
Fallback template shown above symbols with multiple references when no specific template is configured for that symbol type.
