Don't get Web Compiler option on context menu. Is the extension limited to certain kinds of VS projects?

[itorres008]

Installed product versions

• Visual Studio: 2022 17.7.3
• This extension: 1.14.10

Description

I'm expecting option for Web Compiler on scss file context menu, but it is not there. I see no other options elsewhere.
Used NuGet in VS 2022 to install BuildWebCompiler2022
No errors on installation, NuGet installation shows it as installed on my project
Extension does not show on Extension manager.

Steps to recreate

Have Bootstrap and its Bootstrap.SASS
Have a custom .scss importing Bootstrap and containing some custom mods.
The project is an ASP .Net Web Forms project.

Is the extension limited to certain kinds of projects? Does it depend on existence of a project file? Is there a workaround?

Any help appreciated.

[fatima-hachem]

I'm having a similar issue!
I'm on VS 2022 Community 17.5.5
I'm working on an ASP Razor pages project and I cannot get the "web compiler" in the right-click menu no matter what I do

how did you do that NuGet installation? I downloaded it from the source as a .vsix and tried installing it via Extensions > Manage Extensions

there was a forum where someone manually made a compileconfig.json (I think is what it's called) file, but I'm not too familiar with SASS and don't know where to put that, nor how to make it

[itorres008]

Hi, Fatima.
After much investigating and attempts I was able to install it.
Installed using Visual Studio Marketplace .vsix Installer (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Failwyn.WebCompiler64)
Downloads the installer and just double click it.

I am starting with SASS, so I had to research that, compiling, NuGet Packages, people recommending WebCompiler, trying that, then wondering if BuildWebCompiler as the same thing (it is), then installing that, fighting with it, not knowing if it depends on a particular type of VS project and learning it doesn't support VS 2022. Then read about this BuildWebCompiler2022 fork... trying NuGet installation - no context menu option. Eventually reached a mention about installing it from Visual Studio Marketplace. Piece of cake! 😀

Good luck.

[failwyn]

The BuildWebCompiler2022 NuGet package is for use in MSBuild and CI, it will install automatically if you set CompileOnBuild; in order to use the context menus and compile on save, you have to use the Visual Studio Extension (VSIX).

[itorres008]

Thanks. Hadn't worked with these things before. Didn't know an extension from installing/configuring a NuGet package.
So, even if one wants to use the MSBuild and CI, I guess the first step should be installing the extension since that would provide the context menu option to trigger the NuGet installation.

[fatima-hachem]

@itorres008 thanks so much for all this! sounds like you went through a lot. thank you for explaining what you had to do and providing the solution. I appreciate it a lot 😄

I was going to go about it the roundabout way of compiling it elsewhere and bringing the final css into my project later. It was lower on my priority list in comparison to some bigger parts of my project

@failwyn thank you for the explanation as well 😄