Fast Tasks
Fast Tasks is a VS Code extension that provides quick access to your workspace tasks directly from the explorer view.
Features
- Automatic task execution on click from the explorer view
- Enhanced task view with color-coded icons
- Visual status updates for running, successful, or failed tasks
- Rich task information display
- Quick task refresh capability
- Task filtering and selection
Visual Features
Task Type Colors: Different task types are represented by distinct colors
- 🔴 NPM tasks
- 🔵 Shell tasks
- 🟣 TypeScript tasks
- 🟡 Other tasks (default)
Task-specific Icons: Icons are chosen based on task names
- 📦 Build tasks
- 🧪 Test tasks
- 🚀 Launch tasks
- 🐛 Debug tasks
- 👁️ Watch tasks
- 🗑️ Clean tasks
- ☁️ Deploy tasks
- ▶️ Start tasks
- ⏹️ Stop tasks
- ☁️ Publish tasks
- ⚙️ Other tasks (default)
Rich Tooltips: Detailed task information on hover
Selected Task Highlighting: Visual indication of your selected tasks
Clean Interface: Organized and intuitive task view
Usage
- Locate the Tasks section in the Explorer view
- Click the selection button (list icon) to choose which tasks to display
- Select tasks you want to see in the view
- Click on any task to run it; the task will be highlighted while running
- View the task status as 'Running...', 'Success', or 'Failed'
- Use the refresh button to update the task list and clear task statuses
Requirements
- Visual Studio Code version 1.80.0 or higher
- A workspace with defined tasks (in tasks.json or workspace files)
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.
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