add hide property to configure which tasks appear in the Tasks: run task quickpick

src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadTask.ts

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ namespace TaskDTO {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	export function to(task: ITaskDTO | undefined, workspace: IWorkspaceContextService, executeOnly: boolean, icon?: { id?: string; color?: string }): ContributedTask | undefined {
+	export function to(task: ITaskDTO | undefined, workspace: IWorkspaceContextService, executeOnly: boolean, icon?: { id?: string; color?: string }, hide?: boolean): ContributedTask | undefined {
 		if (!task || (typeof task.name !== 'string')) {
 			return undefined;
 		}
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ namespace TaskDTO {
 				isBackground: !!task.isBackground,
 				problemMatchers: task.problemMatchers.slice(),
 				detail: task.detail,
-				icon
+				icon,
+				hide
 			}
 		);
 		return result;
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ export class MainThreadTask implements MainThreadTaskShape {
 					dto.name = ((dto.name === undefined) ? '' : dto.name); // Using an empty name causes the name to default to the one given by the provider.
 					return Promise.resolve(this._proxy.$resolveTask(handle, dto)).then(resolvedTask => {
 						if (resolvedTask) {
-							return TaskDTO.to(resolvedTask, this._workspaceContextServer, true, task.configurationProperties.icon);
+							return TaskDTO.to(resolvedTask, this._workspaceContextServer, true, task.configurationProperties.icon, task.configurationProperties.hide);
 						}
 
 						return undefined;

src/vs/workbench/api/common/shared/tasks.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export interface ITaskSourceDTO {
 	scope?: number | UriComponents;
 	color?: string;
 	icon?: string;
+	hide?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ITaskHandleDTO {

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstractTaskService.ts

@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractTaskService extends Disposable implements ITaskSer
 				{
 					identifier: id,
 					dependsOn: extensionTasks.map((extensionTask) => { return { uri: extensionTask.getWorkspaceFolder()!.uri, task: extensionTask._id }; }),
-					name: id,
+					name: id
 				}
 			);
 			return { task, resolver };

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/taskQuickPick.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { TaskQuickPickEntryType } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/abstr
 
 export const QUICKOPEN_DETAIL_CONFIG = 'task.quickOpen.detail';
 export const QUICKOPEN_SKIP_CONFIG = 'task.quickOpen.skip';
-
 export function isWorkspaceFolder(folder: IWorkspace | IWorkspaceFolder): folder is IWorkspaceFolder {
 	return 'uri' in folder;
 }
@@ -108,7 +107,9 @@ export class TaskQuickPick extends Disposable {
 		groupLabel: string, extraButtons: IQuickInputButton[] = []) {
 		entries.push({ type: 'separator', label: groupLabel });
 		tasks.forEach(task => {
-			entries.push(this._createTaskEntry(task, extraButtons));
+			if (!task.configurationProperties.hide) {
+				entries.push(this._createTaskEntry(task, extraButtons));
+			}
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ export class TaskQuickPick extends Disposable {
 	private async _doPickerSecondLevel(picker: IQuickPick<ITaskTwoLevelQuickPickEntry>, type: string) {
 		picker.busy = true;
 		if (type === SHOW_ALL) {
-			const items = (await this._taskService.tasks()).sort((a, b) => this._sorter.compare(a, b)).map(task => this._createTaskEntry(task));
+			const items = (await this._taskService.tasks()).filter(t => !t.configurationProperties.hide).sort((a, b) => this._sorter.compare(a, b)).map(task => this._createTaskEntry(task));
 			items.push(...TaskQuickPick.allSettingEntries(this._configurationService));
 			picker.items = items;
 		} else {
@@ -353,9 +354,13 @@ export class TaskQuickPick extends Disposable {
 
 	private async _getEntriesForProvider(type: string): Promise<QuickPickInput<ITaskTwoLevelQuickPickEntry>[]> {
 		const tasks = (await this._taskService.tasks({ type })).sort((a, b) => this._sorter.compare(a, b));
-		let taskQuickPickEntries: QuickPickInput<ITaskTwoLevelQuickPickEntry>[];
+		let taskQuickPickEntries: QuickPickInput<ITaskTwoLevelQuickPickEntry>[] = [];
 		if (tasks.length > 0) {
-			taskQuickPickEntries = tasks.map(task => this._createTaskEntry(task));
+			for (const task of tasks) {
+				if (!task.configurationProperties.hide) {
+					taskQuickPickEntries.push(this._createTaskEntry(task));
+				}
+			}
 			taskQuickPickEntries.push({
 				type: 'separator'
 			}, {

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/terminalTaskSystem.ts

@@ -516,12 +516,7 @@ export class TerminalTaskSystem extends Disposable implements ITaskSystem {
 			for (const dependency of task.configurationProperties.dependsOn) {
 				const dependencyTask = await resolver.resolve(dependency.uri, dependency.task!);
 				if (dependencyTask) {
-					if (dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon) {
-						dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon.id ||= task.configurationProperties.icon?.id;
-						dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon.color ||= task.configurationProperties.icon?.color;
-					} else {
-						dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon = task.configurationProperties.icon;
-					}
+					this._adoptConfigurationForDependencyTask(dependencyTask, task);
 					const key = dependencyTask.getMapKey();
 					let promise = this._activeTasks[key] ? this._getDependencyPromise(this._activeTasks[key]) : undefined;
 					if (!promise) {
@@ -590,6 +585,21 @@ export class TerminalTaskSystem extends Disposable implements ITaskSystem {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private _adoptConfigurationForDependencyTask(dependencyTask: Task, task: Task): void {
+		if (dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon) {
+			dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon.id ||= task.configurationProperties.icon?.id;
+			dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon.color ||= task.configurationProperties.icon?.color;
+		} else {
+			dependencyTask.configurationProperties.icon = task.configurationProperties.icon;
+		}
+
+		if (dependencyTask.configurationProperties.hide) {
+			dependencyTask.configurationProperties.hide ||= task.configurationProperties.hide;
+		} else {
+			dependencyTask.configurationProperties.hide = task.configurationProperties.hide;
+		}
+	}
+
 	private async _getDependencyPromise(task: IActiveTerminalData): Promise<ITaskSummary> {
 		if (!task.task.configurationProperties.isBackground) {
 			return task.promise;

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/jsonSchema_v2.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ const shellCommand: IJSONSchema = {
 	deprecationMessage: nls.localize('JsonSchema.tasks.isShellCommand.deprecated', 'The property isShellCommand is deprecated. Use the type property of the task and the shell property in the options instead. See also the 1.14 release notes.')
 };
 
+
+const hide: IJSONSchema = {
+	type: 'boolean',
+	description: nls.localize('JsonSchema.hide', 'Hide this task from the run task quick pick'),
+	default: true
+};
+
 const taskIdentifier: IJSONSchema = {
 	type: 'object',
 	additionalProperties: true,
@@ -407,6 +414,7 @@ const taskConfiguration: IJSONSchema = {
 		},
 		presentation: Objects.deepClone(presentation),
 		icon: Objects.deepClone(icon),
+		hide: Objects.deepClone(hide),
 		options: options,
 		problemMatcher: {
 			$ref: '#/definitions/problemMatcherType',
@@ -479,6 +487,7 @@ taskDescriptionProperties.command = Objects.deepClone(command);
 taskDescriptionProperties.args = Objects.deepClone(args);
 taskDescriptionProperties.isShellCommand = Objects.deepClone(shellCommand);
 taskDescriptionProperties.dependsOn = dependsOn;
+taskDescriptionProperties.hide = Objects.deepClone(hide);
 taskDescriptionProperties.dependsOrder = dependsOrder;
 taskDescriptionProperties.identifier = Objects.deepClone(identifier);
 taskDescriptionProperties.type = Objects.deepClone(taskType);

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/taskConfiguration.ts

@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ export interface IConfigurationProperties {
 	 * The icon's color in the terminal tabs list
 	 */
 	color?: string;
+
+	/**
+	 * Do not show this task in the run task quickpick
+	 */
+	hide?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ICustomTask extends ICommandProperties, IConfigurationProperties {
@@ -1322,7 +1327,8 @@ namespace ConfigurationProperties {
 		{ property: 'presentation', type: CommandConfiguration.PresentationOptions },
 		{ property: 'problemMatchers' },
 		{ property: 'options' },
-		{ property: 'icon' }
+		{ property: 'icon' },
+		{ property: 'hide' }
 	];
 
 	export function from(this: void, external: IConfigurationProperties & { [key: string]: any }, context: IParseContext,
@@ -1350,7 +1356,7 @@ namespace ConfigurationProperties {
 			result.identifier = external.identifier;
 		}
 		result.icon = external.icon;
-
+		result.hide = external.hide;
 		if (external.isBackground !== undefined) {
 			result.isBackground = !!external.isBackground;
 		}
@@ -1483,7 +1489,7 @@ namespace ConfiguringTask {
 			type,
 			taskIdentifier,
 			RunOptions.fromConfiguration(external.runOptions),
-			{}
+			{ hide: external.hide }
 		);
 		const configuration = ConfigurationProperties.from(external, context, true, source, typeDeclaration.properties);
 		result.addTaskLoadMessages(configuration.errors);
@@ -1635,7 +1641,8 @@ namespace CustomTask {
 			{
 				name: configuredProps.configurationProperties.name || contributedTask.configurationProperties.name,
 				identifier: configuredProps.configurationProperties.identifier || contributedTask.configurationProperties.identifier,
-				icon: configuredProps.configurationProperties.icon
+				icon: configuredProps.configurationProperties.icon,
+				hide: configuredProps.configurationProperties.hide
 			},
 
 		);
@@ -2119,7 +2126,7 @@ class ConfigurationParser {
 					identifier: name,
 					group: Tasks.TaskGroup.Build,
 					isBackground: isBackground,
-					problemMatchers: matchers,
+					problemMatchers: matchers
 				}
 			);
 			const taskGroupKind = GroupKind.from(fileConfig.group);

src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/common/tasks.ts

@@ -549,6 +549,11 @@ export interface IConfigurationProperties {
 	 * The icon for this task in the terminal tabs list
 	 */
 	icon?: { id?: string; color?: string };
+
+	/**
+	 * Do not show this task in the run task quickpick
+	 */
+	hide?: boolean;
 }
 
 export enum RunOnOptions {
@@ -914,6 +919,11 @@ export class ContributedTask extends CommonTask {
 	 */
 	icon: { id?: string; color?: string } | undefined;
 
+	/**
+	 * Don't show the task in the run task quickpick
+	 */
+	hide?: boolean;
+
 	public constructor(id: string, source: IExtensionTaskSource, label: string, type: string | undefined, defines: KeyedTaskIdentifier,
 		command: ICommandConfiguration, hasDefinedMatchers: boolean, runOptions: IRunOptions,
 		configurationProperties: IConfigurationProperties) {
@@ -922,6 +932,7 @@ export class ContributedTask extends CommonTask {
 		this.hasDefinedMatchers = hasDefinedMatchers;
 		this.command = command;
 		this.icon = configurationProperties.icon;
+		this.hide = configurationProperties.hide;
 	}
 
 	public override clone(): ContributedTask {