Test apply a setting / extension to all profiles

[sandy081]

Refs: #157492, #176813

• anyOS @chrmarti
• anyOS @bhavyaus

Complexity: 4

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Set up

Have at least one profile in addition to the default profile - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/profiles

Test Applying a setting across profiles

You can have a setting to be applied across all profiles from the settings editor.

• Open Settings UI and go to User settings tab and there will be action Apply Setting to all Profiles under the cog wheel of a setting.
• When a setting is marked to be applied for all profiles, then changing its value from any profile will affect in all profiles. For eg: if files.autoSave is marked and set to afterDelay then every profile will have auto save enabled.
• Test toggling this action is working as expected across profiles
  • Note that this actions will not be available on some settings which behave like this by default. Eg: update.mode.
• Test that these changes are synced across machines when you have settings sync is on. (You can use different user-data-dir and extensions-dir and launch VS Code for testing syncing)

Test Applying an extension across profiles

Similar to settings, you can have an extension that can be applied across all profiles from the extensions view.

• Open Extensions View there will be an action Apply Extension to all Profiles under the cog wheel of an Installed Extension
• When an extension is marked to be applied for all profiles, then updating/uninstalling it from any profile will affect in all profiles.
• Test toggling this action is working as expected across profiles
  • Note that this actions will not be available on some extensions which behave like this by default. Eg: Language Pack Extensions.
• Test that these changes are synced across machines when you have settings sync is on. (You can use different user-data-dir and extensions-dir and launch VS Code for testing syncing)