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Zenith_1024
Zenith_1024

Reputation: 229

How to configure VSCode to automatically open a text file when I open a saved workspace?

I am new to VSCode, just started using workspaces.

I was wondering if there is a way to configure my workspace (named fun_projects), to automatically open two text files, as I open the workspace. Like as I open the workspace, I want two previously saved text files to open

Upvotes: 1

Views: 409

Answers (1)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 181449

You can make a task like this:

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Open two files on workspace open or reload",
      "type": "shell",

      // -r flag re-uses the current vscode window
      // note the double-escaping for this form of backslashed paths

      "command": "code -r 'C:\\Users\\Mark\\OneDrive\\folder-operations\\providers.js' 'C:\\Users\\Mark\\OneDrive\\folder-operations\\test.json'",

      // the above can be shortened with the use of a variable:
      "command": "code -r '${workspaceFolder}\\providers.js' '${workspaceFolder}\\test.json'",

      "problemMatcher": [],
      "runOptions": {
        "runOn": "folderOpen"    // makes this task run on folder open
      }
    }
  ]
}

That goes into your tasks.json file in the .vscode folder at the root of your workspace.

It isn't the fastest operation as other vscode set-up occurs first, but it works.

For the Insiders Build, you would use code-insiders -r ....

Upvotes: 1

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