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

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.
• Hello World Minimal Sample: A minimal version of Hello World Sample that doesn't use TypeScript.

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
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
Vim Sample	N/A	commands StatusBarItem window.createStatusBarItem TextEditorCursorStyle window.activeTextEditor Position Range Selection TextEditor TextEditorRevealType TextDocument

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/Adopting-Multi-Root-Workspace-APIs#language-client--language-server

⚠️ Legacy Samples ⚠️

Legacy samples are at /legacy-samples. They are unlikely to receive any updates and might not work with the latest version of VS Code.

Sample	Deprecated Reason
Preview HTML	Webview API supersedes the old HTML Preview functionality

License

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the MIT License.