I’m working on an extension that periodically makes requests to an HTTP API. If several VSCode windows are open, they all seem to make such requests which is not optimal.

I’m developing a VSCode extension and I want to open a Webview in the Secondary Sidebar without requiring the user to drag it manually. I would like to know if it’s possible to directly create and embed a Webview in the Secondary Sidebar through programming.

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I’m developing a VSCode extension to format files with the default formatter via the context menu.

I’m developing a VSCode extension to format files via the context menu. When my option is clicked, I execute the vscode.executeFormatDocumentProvider command to get the edits without opening the file in editor.

I’m developing an extension for VSCode to formatting files via the context menu. Unlike other extensions, I want to do this without opening the file in the text editor.

I am currently making a visual studio code extension. Part of this extension requires a video to be playing in the activity bar tab I made however I don’t know how to add it.

My extension uses VS Code’s EventEmitter for communication between components.

I created a temporary file in VSCode, I hit the run ▸ button which comes with the CodeRunner extension, but it keeps giving me:

In VS Code output panel, writing a URL with http(s):// can be detected as a link. Of course file links (the file_name.ext:line_number:column format) can be detected in terminal. Is it possible to file link to be detected in output panel, too?