Right-click a folder in the Explorer and run any ng generate schematic, using npm or pnpm.
Usage
Explorer: right-click a folder → Angular Generate → pick a schematic → enter a name.
The name defaults to the folder name; shared/user-list style paths work.
Command Palette:Angular CLI: Generate Component etc. The target folder is the folder of the
active file, or the workspace folder if no file is open. This includes Angular's
environments schematic for creating environment configuration files.
Switch package manager: click the status bar item (shown in Angular workspaces), use
Angular CLI: Switch Package Manager..., or right-click → Angular Generate → Package Manager...
Package manager
Command that runs
npm
npx ng generate <schematic> ...
pnpm
pnpm exec ng generate <schematic> ...
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
angularCliGenerate.packageManager
auto
auto, npm or pnpm. Auto checks the packageManager field in package.json, then pnpm-lock.yaml / package-lock.json, then falls back to npm.
angularCliGenerate.options
{}
Extra args per schematic, e.g. { "component": ["--style=scss", "--skip-tests"] }.
angularCliGenerate.openGeneratedFile
true
Open the main generated file afterwards.
angularCliGenerate.showStatusBarItem
true
Show the active package manager in the status bar.
Arguments may only contain letters, digits and - _ . / @ : , =; anything else is refused.
Security
The extension runs the Angular CLI, which executes code from your workspace, so it is disabled in
untrusted workspaces. It does not support virtual workspaces and runs on the workspace side in
remote setups (extensionKind: ["workspace"]).
Development
npm install # or: pnpm install
npm run watch # then press F5 ("Run Extension")
npm run typecheck && npm run lint && npm test
npm run package # builds a .vsix (vsce package --no-dependencies)
Releases
Pull requests to main run the checks above. When a push to main changes package.json's
version, the workflow requires a matching ## <version> section in CHANGELOG.md, packages the
extension, and creates a GitHub Release tagged v<version> with the changelog notes and VSIX
attached. It does not publish to either marketplace.
