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Lien

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Extension for creating and managing custom links in the status bar, providing quick access to important resources right from your editor.
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Lien

Link Status Bar Manager for Visual Studio Code

Lien status bar screenshot

 

List of available icons can be found here.

Installation

Lien can be installed via the VS Code Marketplace.

Configuration

To configure Lien, follow these guidelines:

Global Settings

To apply the settings globally across all your projects, add the following configuration to your user settings:

  1. Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux).
  2. Type: Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON) and select it.
  3. Use lien.user.links to add your custom links to the settings JSON file:
{
  "lien.user.links": [
    {
      "name": "Supabase", // <-- Can be left empty if you don't want a label
      "icon": "database", // <-- Can be left empty if you don't want an icon
      "link": "https://www.google.com",
      "tooltip": "Open source Firebase alternative" // <-- (Optional) Name is used as tooltip if there is no tooltip provided
    },
    {
      "name": "AdSense",
      "icon": "dashboard",
      "link": "google.com/adsense"
    }
  ]
}

Project-Specific Settings

To apply the settings only to a specific project, add the configuration to the .vscode/settings.json file within your project directory:

  1. Open your project in VS Code.
  2. Create or open the .vscode/settings.json file in the root of your project.
  3. Use lien.workspace.links to add your custom links to the settings JSON file:
{
  "lien.workspace.links": [
    {
      "name": "Swagger", // <-- Can be left empty if you don't want a label
      "icon": "bracket", // <-- Can be left empty if you don't want an icon
      "link": "https://api.website.com/q/swagger-ui/",
    },
    {
      "name": "Locize",
      "icon": "location",
      "link": "https://www.locize.app/"
      "tooltip": "Localization management platform" // <-- (Optional) Name is used as tooltip if there is no tooltip provided
    },
    {
      "name": "Jira",
      "icon": "extensions-configure-recommended",
      "link": "https://name.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/XYZ6/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Confluence",
      "icon": "output-view-icon",
      "link": "https://name.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XYZ6/pages/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Prod",
      "icon": "server-environment",
      "link": "https://app.website.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "Test",
      "icon": "server-environment",
      "link": "https://test.website.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dev",
      "icon": "server-environment",
      "link": "https://dev.website.com"
    }
  ]
}

License

MIT License © 2024 Ziga Macele

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