vscode-powertools

A swiss army knife with lots of tools, extensions and (scriptable) enhancements for Visual Studio Code.

Table of contents

1. Install
2. How to use
   • Apps
   • Buttons
   • Commands
   • Events
   • Jobs
   • Scripts
   • Startups
   • Tools
   • Values
3. Documentation
4. Contribute
5. Related projects
   • vscode-helpers

Install [↑]

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl + P), paste the following command, and press enter:

ext install vscode-powertools

Or search for things like vscode-powertools in your editor.

How to use [↑]

Apps [↑]

Apps are Node.js based scripts, which are running with a web view and can also interact with a Visual Studio Code instance.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Buttons [↑]

Buttons can be used to run tasks, like scripts or shell commands, by user's click.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Commands [↑]

To enhance your editor, you can register custom commands, which can be used from anywhere in the editor, by using the API, e.g.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Events [↑]

The extension makes it possible to run tasks, like scripts, on specific events.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Jobs [↑]

Jobs can be used to run tasks, like scripts or shell commands, periodically.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Scripts [↑]

Scripts can be used to any kind of custom logic for a workspace.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Startups [↑]

Startups are similar to Autostart in Windows.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Tools [↑]

A set of useful sub commands.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Values [↑]

Values (or placeholders) can be used to define dynamic settings, e.g.

For more information, have a look at the wiki.

Documentation [↑]

The complete reference of classes, functions and interfaces, can be found here.

A repository with code samples, can be found at vscode-powertools-samples. If you would like to request for one or more examples, you can open an issue here.

Contribute [↑]

If you like the extension, you are welcome to contribute, by opening an issue and/or fork this repository.

To work with the code:

• install vscode-deploy-reloaded extension
• clone this repository
• create and change to a new branch, like git checkout -b my_new_feature
• run npm install from your project folder
• open that project folder in Visual Studio Code
• select command Deploy Reloaded: Deploy ... (by pressing F1) and execute Package ... to copy all web view resources files from /src/res to /out/res ... also do this after you have reset your /out folder
• now you can edit and debug there
• commit your changes to your new branch and sync it with your forked GitHub repo
• make a pull request

Related projects [↑]

vscode-helpers [↑]

vscode-helpers is a NPM module, which you can use in your own VSCode extension and contains a lot of helpful classes and functions.