Quick Open in VSCode

Quickly and easily open file links in VSCode

What is Quick Open in VSCode?

Quick Open in VSCode is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly and easily open file links in VSCode. It automates the task of opening links in the editor, making code review and navigation more efficient. Simply right click file path links in GitHub or highlight file path links anywhere to open them directly in VSCode. It also provides the feature of opening all failing ruby tests at once from BuildKite CI. Set up is easy by downloading and pinning the extension and configuring the base path of your local repositories. Experience a seamless integration between your browser and VSCode with Quick Open in VSCode.

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By: Shopify

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 101 ▲ 5

Version: 0.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-13)

Creation date: 2022-09-12

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
storage

Host permissions:

https://buildkite.com/*
https://*.googleusercontent.com/*
https://storage.cloud.google.com/*

Size: 36.94K

Email: ch*****@shopify.com

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 64908 ▲ 1019

Other rankings

#7200 in Developer Tools ▲ 57 #135 in fastest way keyword 50 ▲ 2 #148 in base keyword 3 ▲ 1 #155 in shopify keyword 30 ▲ 3 #259 in quick keyword 41 ▲ 8

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Summary

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When participating in code reviews, scrolling through comments and then switching to VSCode to open each comment in the editor can become a cumbersome and repetitive task.

To automate this task, Open in VSCode, can open file path links directly in VSCode.

Features

Right click file path links in GitHub and open them in VSCode
Highlight file path links anywhere and open them in VSCode
Open all failing ruby tests at once from BuildKite CI by right clicking the test_data.json file located under the artifacts tab of a ruby test suite in BuildKite

Setup

Download and pin the Open in VSCode chrome extension. Right click the chrome extension and open the "Options" page.
For the base path, enter the path to where all your local repositories are located. This should generally be in the format of /Users/{local_user_name}/src/github.com/Shopify. For example, my base path was /Users/sayyant/src/github.com/Shopify

Safety

Risk impact

Quick Open in VSCode is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Quick Open in VSCode if you trust the publisher.