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Open Folder In Cursor IDE and VS Code IDE

Open Folder In Cursor IDE and VS Code IDE

John Grove

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7 installs
| (0) | Free
Adds an 'Open Folder In Cursor IDE' and 'Open Folder In VS Code IDE' menu item to the right click popup menu in the Folder view.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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vscode-open-folder-in-cursor

Adds a context menu to the folders view to open the folder in cursor. Based on https://github.com/chrisdias/vscode-opennewinstance.

Features

This extension adds four new context menus to the Explorer:

  • Open New VS Code IDE Here: Opens a new instance of VS Code scoped to the selected folder OR to the folder containing the selected file.
  • Open New Cursor IDE Here: Opens a new instance of Cursor scoped to the selected folder OR to the folder containing the selected file.

Using

Right click on a folder in the Explorer, choose:

  • Open New VS Code IDE Here
  • Open New Cursor IDE Here

Preview

Requirements

The cursor ide must be installed and accessible and in your PATH.

Extension Settings

none

Known Issues

none

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release of vscode-open-folder-in-cursor.

1.0.1

  • Changed display name to "Open Folder In Cursor IDE and VS Code IDE"

License

MIT

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