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Get selected file/folder in the explorer view

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It would be nice if it was possible to retrieve the selected file/folder in the explorer view. The use case where I want to use it for is my vscode-yo extension to be able to run the generator in the selected directory. An API for this would be nice.

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Created 8 years ago
Reactions:100
Comments:35 (9 by maintainers)

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ngarg-panwcommented, Apr 14, 2020

I see that support for multi-file select is there in explorer view. In my extension i want to get the paths of all selected files. Right now, even if I select 5 files, i only get path for 1. I am not finding any relevant API. Do we have the API available for the same?

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smurphy917commented, Jan 16, 2020

Just to add my own use case here–I’m looking to enable users to select multiple files within the explorer, which my extension can then act on. As of right now, this doesn’t appear to be possible without replicating the entire workspace folder structure in a custom TreeView (not even 100% sure it’s possible then). I’d much prefer to just be able to retrieve the current list of selected files/folders on the OOTB explorer view.