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Sample code illustrating the VS Code extension API.

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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 ESLint

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.
Hello World Web Sample: The Hello World sample for VS Code Web. See the Web Extensions guide.

Samples

Sample	Guide on VS Code Website	API & Contribution
Webview Sample	/api/extension-guides/webview	window.createWebviewPanel window.registerWebviewPanelSerializer
Webview View Sample	N/A	window.registerWebviewViewProvider
Webview Codicons Sample	N/A
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 Decorator Sample	N/A	TextEditor.setDecorations DecorationOptions DecorationInstanceRenderOptions ThemableDecorationInstanceRenderOptions window.createTextEditorDecorationType TextEditorDecorationType contributes.colors
L10n 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
Color Theme Sample	/api/extension-guides/color-theme	contributes.themes
Product Icon Theme Sample	/api/extension-guides/product-icon-theme	contributes.productIconThemes
Vim Sample	N/A	commands StatusBarItem window.createStatusBarItem TextEditorCursorStyle window.activeTextEditor Position Range Selection TextEditor TextEditorRevealType TextDocument
webpack-sample	/api/working-with-extensions/bundling-extension
esbuild-sample	/api/working-with-extensions/bundling-extension
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
Call Hierarchy Sample	N/A	languages.registerCallHierarchyProvider CallHierarchyProvider CallHierarchyItem CallHierarchyOutgoingCall CallHierarchyIncomingCall
Custom Editors Sample	/api/extension-guides/custom-editors	window.registerCustomEditorProvider CustomTextEditorProvider contributes.customEditors
Semantic tokens	/api/language-extensions/semantic-highlight-guide	languages.registerDocumentSemanticTokensProvider vscode.DocumentSemanticTokensProvider
Test Provider Sample	N/A
Getting Started Sample	N/A
notebook-renderer-sample	/api/extension-guides/notebook#notebook-renderer	contributes.notebookRenderer
notebook-extend-markdown-renderer-sample	/api/extension-guides/notebook#notebook-renderer	contributes.notebookRenderer
jupyter-server-provider-sample	N/A
Chat Sample	N/A
Chat Tutorial	N/A
Notifications Sample	N/A

Language Server Protocol 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
LSP Web Extension Sample	/api/language-extensions/language-server-extension-guide
LSP User Input Sample	N/A
LSP Embedded Language Service	N/A
LSP Embedded Request Forwarding	N/A
Wasm language server	N/A