This extension adds a Visual Studio Solution File explorer panel in Visual Studio Code. Now you can navigate into your solution following the original Visual Studio structure.

Adds a Solution Explorer panel where you can find a Visual Studio Solution File Explorer.

• Can load any .sln version

• Supports csproj, vcxproj, fsproj and vbproj (from vs2017 and before)

• Supports dotnet core projects

• You can create, delete, rename or move project folders and files.

• You can create, delete, rename or move solution, solution folders and projects.

• You can add or remove packages and references when the project is of kind CPS (dotnet core).

You have to open a folder with at least one solution file (".sln") in the root path.

Or you can create a new one by clicking with the rigth mouse button.

The source code is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license.

The icons from (vscode-icons extension) are licensed under the Creative Commons - ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.

Branded icons are licensed under their copyright license.

• vssolution.showMode Show the solution explorer in the "activityBar", in the "explorer" pane or "none" to hide it. This feature is only for testing pourposes.

• vssolution.solutionExplorerIcons "solution-explorer": custom items from vscode-solution-explorer extension. "mix": file and folder icons from the installed icons theme. "current-theme": all the icons are from the installed icons theme.

• vssolution.showOutputChannel Show the solution explorer output channel.

• vssolution.trackActiveItem Select the active editor file in the solution explorer (not recomended).

• vssolution.netcoreIgnore Folder and file names to ignore when get a dotnet core project content.

• vssolution.xxprojItemTypes Type of XML element to put in the xxproj files.

• vssolution.xmlspaces Spaces to be used for indenting XML output. It could be a number or an string. ex. "2", " " or "t".

• vssolution.altSolutionFolders If there is no solution in the workplace root folder, it will search for solutions in any of these folders.

• vssolution.win32Encoding Win32 "codepage" to "iconv.js" encoding equivalences.

{
    "vssolution.showMode": "activityBar",

    "vssolution.solutionExplorerIcons": "current-theme",

    "vssolution.showOutputChannel": true,

    "vssolution.trackActiveItem": false,

    "vssolution.netcoreIgnore": [
        "bin",
        "node_modules",
        "obj",
        ".ds_store"
    ],

    "vssolution.xxprojItemTypes": {
        "*": "Content",
        "cs": "Compile",
        "cpp": "ClCompile",
        "cc": "ClCompile",
        "c": "ClCompile",
        "h": "ClInclude",
        "hpp": "ClInclude",
        "vb": "Compile",
        "fs": "Compile",
        "ts": "TypeScriptCompile"
    },

    "vssolution.xmlspaces": "2",

    "vssolution.altSolutionFolders": [
        "src"
    ],

    "vssolution.win32Encoding": {
        "932": "Shift_JIS",
        "936": "GBK",
        "950": "BIG5"
    }
}

Please report your issues: vscode-solution-explorer GitHub page

There is a lot of work to do.

Bug fixed #51: Updated license to CC-BY-SA.

Bug fixed #49: Modify default 'showMode' and 'trackActiveItem' configuration setting values.

New comand parameter compiler adding a wizard style requesting commad parameters.

Bug fixed #48: now you can specify the package version when adding a new nuget package to a project.

Bug fixed #55: changed message to create a new solution.

Bug fixed #53: deleted test button from solution level.

Bug fixed #42: added the solution/project path in dotnet commads.

Bug fixed #54: launch dotnet commands in terminal.

PR #46: Add an option to disable the question about creating the solution template folder - by remcoros.

PR #56: Properly handle project files with paths outside the project root - by mwpenny

PR #58: Add support for C/C projects (.vcxproj; issue #19) - by mwpenny

Added "win32Encoding" configuration parameter to help people fixing win32 encoding problems in the output.

Bug fixed #36: chinese encoding problem. Thanks to darkmfj.

Feature #23: Added .njsproj project support.

Bug fixed #32: If you select "explorer" mode it doesn't show the "activityBar" icon.

Bug fixed #35: commented "Project" tag lines in the ".xxproj" files are ignored.

dfrencham darkmfj remcoros mwpenny

Enjoy!