VSOpenFileFromDir

A plugin for Visual Studio which allows to quickly open a file from a directory (typically the solution root directory) by applying a filter.

It works much like Visual Studio Code's Ctrl-P quick open functionality.

Usage

• Tools > Open File from Directory
  • It is recommended that you bind Tools.OpenFileFromDirectory to Ctrl-P
• Type to filter files from the directory
• Press Up or Down to select a file from the filtered list.
• Press Enter to open the selected file.
• Press Escape to cancel.

Configuration

The extension tries to read VSOpenFileFromDirFilters.json from the root directory. If it exists, the extension looks for keys "dirs" and "files" inside and loads filters from there. Those filters are directories and files to be ignored.

Example configuration:

{
    "dirs": [".git", ".vs", "out", "bin", "obj"],
    "files": ["*.tar", "*.zip"]
}

These filters will ignore all files which are in subdirectories .git, .vs, out, bin, and obj. And all files with extensions .zip and .tar

There is also an example configuration file in this repository which his suitable for .NET projects

Default configuration

If there is no configuration file provided, the ignored directories are .git and .vs, and the ignored files are *.sln

Intallation

Download from the Visual Studio Marketplace

Roadmap

These features are planned for the near future:

• Match Visual Studio's current style

License

MIT. See accompanying LICENSE file