Add ability to see file size in folder views

[kilasuit]

Having looked and could not find this as a feature request I would find it extremely useful to be able to open a folder and see the file size in VSCode as well as the File name

I optionally would find it useful to be able to sort the view on file size as well, however this is more a secondary request as a nice to have additional feature

The benefit is that this would be extremely useful as an IT Pro when opening up a log file directory and could then from quick glance open log files that are the largest in that folder

[vscodebot]

We try to keep VS Code lean and we think the functionality you're asking for is great for a VS Code extension. Maybe you can already find one that suits you in the VS Code Marketplace. Just in case, in a few simple steps you can get started writing your own extension. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[kilasuit]

No this should be built in to the editor and not an extension

Please reopen @isidorn / provide a response as to why you think this should be an extension instead of an inbuilt option that hides behind a simple on/off flag that defaults to off?

Because quite frankly getting a Bot to close this with no extended reasons given is really horrid experience and wouldn't have taken you long to write at least a few lines in response.

[corbob]

Is there a way to add to the Explorer view provided by vscode? Or are you suggesting an extension that adds another view to the activity bar and tries to mimic something that's already provided? It appears that extensions can't add to the explorer view except with themes and context menu.

[isidorn]

I believe this should be done via an extension and thus I closed it as such.
VSCode is a minimalistic code editor and we have to choose which features to do and which not to do. We can not have all the features.

An extension can add a context menu action which would use the notification service to show the file size. Or an extension can add a new view which would render the files size.