Jump between your projects in VS Code with one shortcut — a fast, searchable project switcher with its own recent-projects history and next/previous window cycling.
Features
Switch Project popup — open project windows first, then your recent projects. Fuzzy search on project name and path.
Per-item actions — open in a new window, reveal in Finder / Explorer, remove from history.
Open Folder... — open a project that is not in the list yet, right from the popup (last item, or the button in the popup header).
Next / Previous Project Window — cycle through open project windows without touching the mouse.
Status bar item — shows the current project name next to the git branch; click it to open the switcher.
Own history — shared by all VS Code windows, ordered by when a project was last opened or focused.
Shortcuts
Command
macOS
Windows / Linux
Quick Switch: Switch Project...
⌘⌥P
Ctrl+Alt+P
Quick Switch: Next Project Window
⌘⌥`
Ctrl+Alt+]
Quick Switch: Previous Project Window
⌘⇧⌥`
Ctrl+Alt+[
Quick Switch: Clear Project History
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Rebind them in Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
quickSwitch.openIn
ask
Where to open a project that is not open yet: ask, newWindow or currentWindow.
quickSwitch.showStatusBarItem
true
Show the current project name in the status bar.
quickSwitch.historySize
50
Maximum number of projects kept in the history.
How it works
The history lives in the extension's global storage and is shared by every window. On first run it is seeded once from VS Code's own recent list.
VS Code has no API to list other windows, so each window running this extension registers itself in global storage. Selecting a project that is already open focuses its window instead of opening it twice.
If only one window is registered, Next / Previous Project Window falls back to VS Code's built-in window switcher.
Development
npm install
npm run package # typecheck, bundle and build the .vsix
