Better "when clause" with full path support

[datismoa]

This proposal is a slightly improved version of an already existing suggestion which was rejected.

I would like to have more flexibility using when clause contexts. It would be nice if I could specify some directory or certain files of a directory with no nesting restrictions.

Let's take a look at 2 cases of this concept:

• I want to capture the path relative to the root of the project:

{
  "menus": {
    "explorer/context": [
      {
        "command": "ext.executeConfigFile",
        "when": "resourceFilePath == /^\/$/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Here I expect that the option in the context menu will only appear when the root (/) directory is selected.

• I want to capture the path relative to a directory or even a file:

{
  "menus": {
    "explorer/context": [
      {
        "command": "ext.executeConfigFile",
        "when": "resourceFilePath == /^\/Components\/User\/(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+).js$/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Here I expect that the option in the context menu will appear only when a file is selected by a specified regular expression in the directory /Components/User/.

How are things now?

I do not know how to solve this problem related to such a situation using when clause contexts. So I reckon this is a powerful and necessary feature that needs to be implemented.

[isidorn]

When caluses currently do not support this type of matching. I guess this feature request makes sense, but I think we will not tackle it in the near future.

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