Task Bus

Task Bus is a lightweight Visual Studio Code extension that adds status bar controls for both workspace tasks and launch configurations:

• A task selector that lists every task defined in your workspace .vscode/tasks.json.
• A play button that runs the currently selected task.
• A launch selector that lists every launch configuration defined in your workspace .vscode/launch.json.
• A rocket button that starts the currently selected launch configuration.

Features

• Quickly switch between workspace tasks and launch configurations from pick lists.
• Persist the last selected task and launch configuration per workspace.
• Detect updates to .vscode/tasks.json and .vscode/launch.json and refresh the available entries automatically.
• Hide either set of controls via settings if you only need one of them.

Getting Started

1. Run npm install.
2. Press F5 in VS Code to launch a new Extension Development Host window.
3. Use the status bar controls to select and run tasks or launch configurations.

Commands

• Task Bus: Select Task
• Task Bus: Run Task
• Task Bus: Select Launch Configuration
• Task Bus: Run Launch Configuration

All commands are accessible via the Command Palette.

Settings

• task-bus.showTaskBus (default: true) — Show or hide the task selector and run button.
• task-bus.showLaunchBus (default: true) — Show or hide the launch selector and run button.