Tasks chooser

Allow to choose tasks and change default build command from status bar.

How it works

The idea is to be able to quickly change .vscode/tasks.json contents in order to bind a different command to, let's say CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+B.

Everything is configured from a single JSON file located at .vscode/tasks-chooser.json (relative to your workspace root). You can see an example at example/.vscode/tasks-chooser.json.

When a .vscode/tasks-chooser.json file is provided, an item appears on the status bar allowing to choose between items/targets. Everytime a target is selected, .vscode/tasks.json is updated accordingly.

.vscode/tasks.json content is computed by merging the selected item and it's baseItem (if provided) from .vscode/tasks-chooser.json. baseItem is provided as a convenience to allow us to share keys that are identical between items without having to rewrite them for each item.

Commands

tasks-chooser.reload Reloads the tasks-chooser.json file and updates the status bar item. Note that the status bar item is already updated automatically when changing tasks-chooser.json file.

tasks-chooser.select Select between available items/targets. This is the command run when clicking on the status bar item.