What's new in Project Manager 12.0
- Improved Side Bar usability
- Full Remote Development support
- Support for ˜ (tilde) symbol on settings
- Support for
glob
patterns
- Improved Localization options
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Project Manager
It helps you to easily access your projects, no matter where they are located. Don't miss those important projects anymore.
You can define your own Projects (also called Favorites), or choose for auto-detect Git, Mercurial or SVN repositories, VSCode folders, or any other folder.
Here are some of the features that Project Manager provides:
- Save any folder or workspace as a Project
- Auto-detect Git, Mercurial or SVN repositiories
- Open projects in the same or new window
- Identify deleted/renamed projects
- A Status Bar which identifies the current project
- A dedicated Side Bar
Features
Available Commands
Project Manager: Save Project
Save the current folder/workspace as a new project
Project Manager: Edit Project
Edit your projects manually (projects.json
)
Project Manager: List Projects to Open
List all saved/detected projects and pick one
Project Manager: List Projects to Open in New Window
List all saved/detected projects and pick one to be opened in New Window
Project Manager: Refresh Projects
Refresh the cached projects
Manage your projects
Save Project
You can save the current folder/workspace as a Project at any time. You just need to type its name.

It suggests a name to you automatically :)
Edit Projects
For easier customization of your project list, you can edit the projects.json
file, directly inside Code. Just execute Project Manager: Edit Projects
and the projects.json
file is opened. Simple as this:
[
{
"name": "Pascal MI",
"rootPath": "c:\\PascalProjects\\pascal-menu-insight",
"paths": [],
"group": "",
"enabled": true
},
{
"name": "Bookmarks",
"rootPath": "$home\\Documents\\GitHub\\vscode-bookmarks",
"paths": [],
"group": "",
"enabled": true
},
{
"name": "Numbered Bookmarks",
"rootPath": "~\\Documents\\GitHub\\vscode-numbered-bookmarks",
"paths": [],
"group": "",
"enabled": false
}
]
For now, only name
, rootPath
, and enabled
fields are used.
You can use ~
or $home
while defining any path. It will be replaced by your HOME folder.
Projects that are not enabled
will be hidden from project listings until re-enabled.
Be sure that the JSON file is well-formed. Otherwise, Project Manager will not be able to open it, and an error message like this should appear. In this case, you should use the Open File
button to fix it.

Access
List Projects to Open
Shows your projects and select one to open.
List Projects to Open in New Window
Just like List Projects but always opening in New Window.
Keyboard Focused Users
If you are a keyboard focused user and uses Vim like keyboard navigation, you can navigate thru the project list with your own keybindings.
Just use the when
clause "inProjectManagerList"
, like:
{
"key": "ctrl+j",
"command": "workbench.action.quickOpenSelectNext",
"when": "inProjectManagerList"
}
Available Settings
You can choose how your projects are sorted
Saved
: The order that you saved the projects
Name
: The name that you typed for the project
Path
: The full path of the project
Recent
: The recently used projects
"projectManager.sortList": "Name"

- Choose if the project list must be grouped by its kind (Favorites, Git, Mercurial, SVN and VS Code).
"projectManager.groupList": true
- Should the current project be removed from the list? (
false
by default)
"projectManager.removeCurrentProjectFromList": true
- Should identify invalid paths on project list? (
true
by default)
"projectManager.checkInvalidPathsBeforeListing": false
- Filter Projects Through Full Path (
false
by default)
"projectManager.filterOnFullPath": true
- Custom projects file (
projects.json
) location
If you intend to share projects between Stable and Insider installations, or if you store your settings in different locations (cloud services), you can indicate an alternative location for the projects.json
file.
"projectManager.projectsLocation": "C\\Users\\myUser\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User"
You can use ~
or $home
while defining the path. It will be replaced by your HOME folder.
- Automatic Detection of Projects (Git
, Mercurial
, SVN
and VSCode
)
"projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
"c:\\Projects\\code",
"d:\\MoreProjects\\code-testing",
"$home\\personal-coding"
]
Define the folders which contains the projects
"projectManager.git.ignoredFolders": [
"node_modules",
"out",
"typings",
"test"
"fork*"
],
Define which folders should be ignored (inside the BaseFolders).
It supports glob
patterns
"projectManager.git.maxDepthRecursion": 4
Define how deeps it should search for projects
- Should ignore projects found inside other projects? (
false
by default)
"projectManager.ignoreProjectsWithinProjects": true
- Cache automatically detected projects (
true
by default)
"projectManager.cacheProjectsBetweenSessions": false
- Display the Project Name in Status Bar (
true
by default)
"projectManager.showProjectNameInStatusBar": true
- Open projects in New Window when clicking in status bar (
false
by default)
"projectManager.openInNewWindowWhenClickingInStatusBar": true
"projectManager.openInCurrenWindowIfEmpty": "always"
Side Bar
The Project Manager extension has its own Side Bar, with a variety of commands to improve you productivity.

Installation and Configuration
You should follow the official documentation to:
License
MIT © Alessandro Fragnani