CMake Integration for Visual Studio Code

The CMake Integration extension provides a first-class integration of the CMake configure and build workflow into Visual Studio Code. It lets you mange multiple CMake-based projects in one workspace supported by advanced features like fine control over projects, targets and configurations, project dependencies, workspace targets and more. Setup your build environment to through the settings editor and launch your configure and build process from keyboard or the VSCode command palette.

For more information:

• Go to the website.
• Checkout the out the guides.
• Advanced information can be found in the reference.

Features

The CMake Integration for Visual Studio Code supports:

• Multiple folders with CMake projects in one workspace (multi-root)
• Commands for configuration, build and clean (target-, project- and workspace-based)
• Project, target and configuration selection in the status bar
• Custom configuration support for selecting toolchain, output directory and more
• Additional dependency management
• Custom workspace build targets
• Diagnostics generated by the compilier
• Provides Include information to C/C++ Extension for Source and Header Files

Requirements

CMake version 3.7 or higher must be installed.

Warning: This extension is incompatible with other CMake extensions like CMake Tools.

Quick Start

1. Configure your default Generator in your User Settings (Default is Ninja).
2. Add your CMake project(s) to the workspace.
3. Select your project, target and configuration from the status bar.
4. Hit F7 for building the currently selected target or Shift+F7 for the currently selected project (build all).

Pitfalls

• Changing the generator of an already generated project requires the CMake Client to be restarted and the build directory to be deleted. Simply use the command Restart CMake Client (Clean) and select your project.
• The extension relies on the project name reported by CMake for some advancde operations. Multiple projects with the same name are not supported for those.

Extension Settings

Most settings are documented well through VSCode settings dialog. The most important settings are:

• cmake.default.generator: The generator to generate the build system. Set this to an apropriate user default. (See Pitfalls)

Options cmake.build.workspaceTargets and cmake.build.targetDependencies can be used to configure an andvanced build workflow.

• cmake.build.workspaceTargets: A list of targets, that are executed on the Build workspace command.
• cmake.build.targetDependencies: A list of dependencies between projects and/or targets, that will be resolved before building. (e.g. Dependency between a library project and an application project using it)

In both cases targets are specified by either a project name (all targets in the project) or by a project name and a target name.

# Project
{ "project": "test" }
# Project and target
{ "project": "test", "target": "app" }

Additionally cmake.build.targetDependencies object take a dependencies array for specifying dependencies for a project or a target.

{
    "project": "test",
    "target": "app",
    "dependencies": [
        { "project": "liba" },
        { "project": "libb", "target": "special"}
    ]
}

Both options have a JSON schema in place to guide you through the configuration.

Known Issues

None.

Contributing

As this extension is in a preview state, it is neither bug-free nor feature-complete. Your help is highly appreciated and feel free to contribute to this extension by opening a bug report or feature request or contribute directly via pull requests.

Roadmap

• CTest support
• Debug support (provide path to targets)

Release Notes

See the Changelog