Folder CustomizationCustomize your folder and subfolders based on a specific path. Set a color, text badge, emoji badge or tooltip for any folder in your workspace. Installation Launch VS Code Quick Open ( Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.Copied to clipboard |
 Folder CustomizationSet a color, text badge, emoji badge or tooltip for any folder in your workspace.
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| Features |
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| Customize the color of a folder (256 ANSI Colors) |
| Set a text badge for a folder |
| Set an emoji as text badge for a folder |
| Set a tooltip for a folder |
Requirements
This extension does not have any additional requirements. Internally it uses the vscode.git extension to determine if it should set a color or not.
Usage
Right click on a folder in the Explorer view and select
Folder Customizationto open the context menu.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
Set Color |
Set the color of the folder. This will colorize the folder (and all subfolders) in the Explorer view and the tabs (name). |
Clear Color |
Clear the color of the folder while keeping the badge and tooltip. |
Set Text Badge |
Set a text badge for the folder. This will show next to the name of a file/folder. Note that a Text Badge can only be 2 letters. |
Set Emoji Badge |
Set an emoji badge for the folder. This will show next to the name of a file/folder. |
Clear Badge |
Clear the badge of the folder while keeping the color and tooltip. |
Set Tooltip |
Set a tooltip for the folder. This will show when hovering over a file/folder in the Explorer view. |
Clear Tooltip |
Clear the tooltip of the folder while keeping the color and badge. |
Block Color |
Block the parent folder from setting a color. |
Block Badge |
Block the parent folder from setting a badge. |
Clear All Folder Customizations |
Clear all customizations of the folder. |
Reset Workspace |
Clear all customizations of all folders in the workspace. |
Extension Settings
Folders
This extension wlll save the configuration for every folder in folder-customization.folders in your workspace settings. This has the following keys:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
path |
Path of the folder |
color |
Color of the folder (foldercustomization.AnsiColor0-255) (optional) |
badge |
Badge text of the folder (optional) |
tooltip |
Tooltip of the folder (optional) |
These settings don't have to set by hand, you can use the context menu (see Usage) in the Explorer view to set these settings per folder. Note: When
colororbadgeis set as"__blocked__", it means it will block the parent folder from setting a color, or badge. This doesn't work fortooltip.
Other settings
folder-customization.colorChangedFolders- Color changed folders in the Explorer view. (default:false)
Release notes
Please see the changelog for the information about the latest updates.
Following extension guidelines
The extension follows the Extension Guidelines that are provided by Microsoft