Favorites

Add files and directories to workspace favorites. You can create groups (and subgroups) of favorite items with files and folders. Time saver for complex projects.

Features

• browsing using keyboard only via Favorites: Browse palette command
• add resources within workspace
• add external resources (files or directories out of workspace)
• organize favorites in groups and subgroups (nesting not limited)
• have multiple sets of favorites, per workspace, depending of context, using setting favorites.storageRegistry
• group icons can have their color changed
• basic file system operations within Favorites explorer:
  • copy/cut -> paste
  • create file
  • delete file/directory
  • rename file/directory
  • duplicate file/directory
• favorite items can have alias (different label)
• items are accesible via activity bar and, optionally, as File explorer subview (see Using Favorites explorer section)
• files.exclude supported (see configuration)
• language independent

Adding to favorites

• to add file or directory to favorites, right-click item in File explorer and select:
• add to favorites - to add item to root of favorites tree.
• add to group of favorites - to add item to group of favorites you previously created.

Using Favorites explorer

you can turn off subview in File explorer by clicking on its header and deselecting it.

Install

Open Visual Studio Code press CTRL+p and type or copy and paste:

ext install kdcro101.favorites

Configuration

favorites.useWorkspace : number - default is 0

• index of workspace to use as root when composing storage file path

favorites.useFilesExclude : boolean

• should files.exclude setting be used. Default is true

favorites.storageFilePath : string

• overrride storage file path relative to workspace. Default is .favorites.json

favorites.storageRegistry : string[]

• List of storage file paths relative to workspace to make available for switching using command Favorites: Select alternative storage from registry. (multiple sets). Default is []

favorites.groupsFirst : boolean

• if set to true, groups will be listed before directories and files, if false, groups will appear after directories and files.

favorites.sortDirection : string, ASC or DESC

favorites.useTrash: boolean (default false)

• if set to true, extension will try to use system trash when resource (file or directory is deleted)

Keyboard browsing

You can browse favorites using keyboard only by executing command Favorites: Browse command from palette. Assign keyboard shortcut if needed.

Usage

Adding to favorites

Right-click item in File explorer and select Add to favorites.

Adding to favorites group or subgroup

Right-click item in File explorer and select Add to favorites group, then select group from list.

Removing from favorites

Right-click item in Favorites view and select Remove from favorites

Create favorites group

Right-click on empty area and select Create group

Create favorites subgroup

Right-click on group item and choose Create group

Delete favorites group

Right-click group item in Favorites view and select Remove group

Remove everything from favorites

Click on trash bin icon on Favorites view title, type "yes" to confirm

Multiple sets

You can have multiple sets of favorites per workspace. This allows you to build independent set of favorites, depending on context. To achieve this you need to setup storage registry.

Add favorites.storageRegistry to your workspace settings, for example:

// paths are relative to workspace
 "favorites.storageRegistry": [
            "favorites/system.json",
            "favorites/classes.json",
            "favorites/services.json",
],

Select active storage file from registry by clicking status bar element or by executing command Favorites: Select alternative storage from registry from command palette and then selecting item from list:

All add favorite operations will be written in currently selected storage file.

LICENSE

GPL v3 License