vscode-quick-file-actions

Quickly create, move, copy, and delete files from the keyboard.

Features

Every action prompts for a path, relative to the workspace folder of the current file. A path ending in / means a directory.

In every prompt, tab completes directory and file names, like a shell: a unique match is completed, and several matches are completed up to their common prefix and listed below the input. Dotfiles are only offered once you type a ..

Actions go through VS Code itself, so they work in remote workspaces too. Creating and moving files can be undone like any other edit, and moving a file lets language extensions update imports, just like dragging it in the Explorer does.

Create

ctrl+alt+f n

Creates a new file, starting from the directory of the current file, or the workspace root if no file is open. A path ending in / creates a directory instead. Missing parent directories are created.

Move

ctrl+alt+f m

Moves the current file. If the new location is a directory, the file is moved into it, otherwise it's moved and renamed to the given path.

Copy

ctrl+alt+f c

Copies the current file. If the new location is a directory, the file is copied into it, otherwise it's copied and renamed to the given path.

Delete

ctrl+alt+f d

Deletes a file or directory, starting from the current file. By default it's moved to the trash bin; where there is no trash bin, e.g. in some remote workspaces, it offers to delete permanently instead. Deleting a directory always asks for confirmation.

When creating, moving, or copying onto a path that already exists, you're asked to confirm the replacement.

Extension Settings

Development

yarn install
yarn test     # unit tests, with vitest
yarn check    # type check and dprint formatting check
yarn fmt      # format with dprint
yarn package  # build a .vsix

Press F5 in VS Code to run the extension in a new window.

Release Notes

2.0.0

• Requires VS Code 1.138 or later.
• Tab completion of paths in every prompt.
• File actions go through VS Code: undo for create and move, import updates on move, and support for remote workspaces.
• Paths are relative to the current file's workspace folder, fixing multi-root workspaces.
• Typing a trailing / works as a directory on Windows too.

1.0.0

Initial release.