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Add Installed into the extension filter menu #246971

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@shoulders

I am a new user and while installing and configuring my extensions I could filter by enabled or disabled using the menu but not by installed extensions. This particular filter is useful for me to swap between 2 extensions that do the same job, one will be installed and the other not so flicking between enabled and disabled adds unnecessary workload.

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I can use the search term @installed but as a new user I prefer menus, which is why I use Windows and not Linux.

I know that installed extensions are shown by default but I don't think this is obvious, like in a browser I can type my homepage address out or open a new window to show it but there is still a home button which I do use.

Request

Please add the Installed filter option to the filter menu.

Additional

You should add all of the filters to the menu, this is more logical and user friendly especially for new users.

You could also put all of these under a sub menu for those using the menu will not mind the extra step.

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added this to the Backlog Candidates milestone on Apr 25, 2025
vs-code-engineering

vs-code-engineering commented on Apr 25, 2025

@vs-code-engineering

This feature request is now a candidate for our backlog. The community has 60 days to upvote the issue. If it receives 20 upvotes we will move it to our backlog. If not, we will close it. To learn more about how we handle feature requests, please see our documentation.

Happy Coding!

AdityaPawarr7

AdityaPawarr7 commented on May 1, 2025

@AdityaPawarr7

Hi, I'm exploring this issue as part of a course project. I understand there's ongoing work, but I'd like to attempt a fix to learn from the process.

shoulders

shoulders commented on May 1, 2025

@shoulders
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Hi, I'm exploring this issue as part of a course project. I understand there's ongoing work, but I'd like to attempt a fix to learn from the process.

That sounds good to me, but make sure you up vote this issue 😃

I am not sure how pull requests get allowed

Rohins02

Rohins02 commented on May 2, 2025

@Rohins02

Hey! I'd also like to give this a shot for practice as a first time contributor, hope that's ok :)

DominicRowland

DominicRowland commented on May 2, 2025

@DominicRowland

Hey I'm tackling this issue right now. Rohin let me know if you find anything as well!

adnval

adnval commented on May 2, 2025

@adnval
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Hi! I'd like to contribute to this issue as well! This is one of my first contributions to an open-source project and would like to be of help to this issue.

kazoogh

kazoogh commented on May 2, 2025

@kazoogh

Hey I'm a first time contributor looking for an issue I can tackle for some practice, hoping to provide some assistance if that is welcome.

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      Add `Installed` into the extension filter menu · Issue #246971 · microsoft/vscode