Shows a Test Explorer in the Test view in VS Code's sidebar with all detected tests and suites and their state
Shows a failed test's log when the test is selected in the explorer
Forwards the console output from the test executable to a VS Code output channel
Getting started
Install the extension
Open the Test view
Run your tests using the icon in the Test Explorer
Configuration
Property
Description
cmakeExplorer.buildDir
Location of the CMake build directory. Can be absolute or relative to the workspace. Defaults to empty, i.e. the workspace directory.
cmakeExplorer.buildConfig
Name of the CMake build configuration. Can be set to any standard or custom configuration name (e.g. Default, Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel ). Case-insensitive. Defaults to empty, i.e. no specific configuration.
cmakeExplorer.debugConfig
Custom debug configuration to use (empty for default). See Debugging for more info.
cmakeExplorer.extraCtestLoadArgs
Extra command-line arguments passed to CTest at load time. For example, -R foo will only load the tests containing the string foo. Defaults to empty.
cmakeExplorer.extraCtestRunArgs
Extra command-line arguments passed to CTest at run time. For example, -V will enable verbose output from tests. Defaults to empty.
Debugging
The extension comes pre-configured with sensible defaults for debugging tests:
You can also use a custom configuration defined in the standard launch.json.
To do so, edit the cmakeExplorer.debugConfig settings with the name of the
debug configuration to use.
Debugging a test will overwrite the following debug configuration fields with
values from the CTest metadata:
icon in the Test Explorer