[SUGGESTION] Can we open the Unity Project in workspace mode?

[swm8023]

We are developing some support libraries using the Package mode, and these Packages are not located within the Assets directory. We hope to be able to open the project in workspace mode so that we can configure multiple directories.

[sailro]

As a temporary workaround you can create symbolic links in your Packages folder instead of linking your external packages as file entries in your manifest.json.

[swm8023]

As a temporary workaround you can create symbolic links in your Packages folder instead of linking your external packages as file entries in your manifest.json.

This does provide a temporary solution to the problem, but I would still like to know if there are any plans to support opening the project in Workspace mode in the future. This would make our development process much more convenient. Thank you!

[tmeschter]

@jbevain Do you think there is anything the Project System can do to help in this scenario?

[jbevain]

Hi @swm8023, where do you store the .code-workspace file? I see two ways we could approach this:

1. If there's a .code-workspace file in the Unity project's folder, open Visual Studio Code on this .code-workspace file instead of opening it on the Unity project folder.
2. Allow configuration of the command line that we use to open Visual Studio Code.

[jbevain]

Hi @swm8023, any thoughts on the above?

[makzimus]

@jbevain I want to voice my support for allowing configuration of the command line used to open VSCode. This was a feature in the previous Unity Visual Studio Code package and allowed me to open scripts directly from Unity using my project rather than creating a new instance of VSCode that just opens the folder.