VS Code Extension Samples

This repository contains sample code illustrating the VS Code extension API. Each sample is a self-contained extension that explains one topic in VS Code API or VS Code's Contribution Points. You can read, play with or adapt from these samples to create your own extensions.

You can expect from each sample:

An explanation of its functionality
A gif or screenshot demonstrating its usage
Link to a guide on VS Code website, if it has one
Listing of used VS Code API and Contribution Points
Code of the same style, enforced using TSLint

Prerequisites

You need to have node and npm installed on your system to run the examples. It is recommended to use the node version used for VS Code development itself which is documented here

Usage

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-extension-samples
code <any-sample-folder>
npm install in the terminal, then F5 to run the sample
Alternatively, follow the instructions in each sample's README for setting up and running the sample

Getting Started

Hello World Sample: The Hello World sample for VS Code. See Extension Anatomy documentation.
Hello World Minimal Sample: A minimal version of Hello World Sample written in JavaScript.
Hello World Test Sample: Hello World sample with extension integration test. See Testing Extensions documentation.

Samples

Sample	Guide on VS Code Website	API & Contribution
Webview Sample	/api/extension-guides/webview	window.createWebviewPanel window.registerWebviewPanelSerializer
Status Bar Sample	N/A	window.createStatusBarItem StatusBarItem
Tree View Sample	/api/extension-guides/tree-view	window.createTreeView window.registerTreeDataProvider TreeView TreeDataProvider contributes.views contributes.viewsContainers
Task Provider Sample	/api/extension-guides/task-provider	tasks.registerTaskProvider Task ShellExecution contributes.taskDefinitions
Multi Root Sample	N/A	workspace.getWorkspaceFolder workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders
Completion Provider Sample	N/A	languages.registerCompletionItemProvider CompletionItem SnippetString
Code Actions Sample	N/A	languages.registerCodeActionsProvider CodeActionProvider
File System Provider Sample	N/A	workspace.registerFileSystemProvider
Editor Decoractor Sample	N/A	TextEditor.setDecorations DecorationOptions DecorationInstanceRenderOptions ThemableDecorationInstanceRenderOptions window.createTextEditorDecorationType TextEditorDecorationType contributes.colors
I18n Sample	N/A
Terminal Sample	N/A	window.createTerminal window.onDidChangeActiveTerminal window.onDidCloseTerminal window.onDidOpenTerminal window.Terminal window.terminals
Extension Terminal Sample	N/A	window.createTerminal window.Pseudoterminal window.ExtensionTerminalOptions
Vim Sample	N/A	commands StatusBarItem window.createStatusBarItem TextEditorCursorStyle window.activeTextEditor Position Range Selection TextEditor TextEditorRevealType TextDocument
Source Control Sample	/api/extension-guides/scm-provider	workspace.workspaceFolders SourceControl SourceControlResourceGroup scm.createSourceControl TextDocumentContentProvider contributes.menus
Commenting API Sample	N/A
Document Editing Sample	N/A	commands
Custom Data Sample	/api/extension-guides/custom-data-extension
CodeLens Provider Sample	N/A	languages.registerCodeLensProvider CodeLensProvider CodeLens

Language Protocol Server Samples

Sample	Guide on VS Code Website	API & Contribution
Snippet Sample	/api/language-extensions/snippet-guide	contributes.snippets
Language Configuration Sample	/api/language-extensions/language-configuration-guide	contributes.languages
LSP Sample	/api/language-extensions/language-server-extension-guide
LSP Log Streaming Sample	N/A
LSP Multi Root Server Sample	https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Extension-Authoring:-Adopting-Multi-Root-Workspace-APIs#language-client--language-server

License

Licensed under the MIT License.