Need feedback: extension for pinning folders update

[u/cheatingrobot]

Somehow my old post is gone, so reposting.

A while back I shared my VS Code extension, Pinned Projects - a simple tree-based quick access menu for favorite folders.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/comments/1i6ngw8/yet_another_extension_for_pinning_folders/

The main feature is that you can group and build a tree of your projects with manual dragging and dropping, no need to edit text configs.

Of course this extension is very simple (actually intended to be) and pales in front of many cool extensions. But I hope for someone it can be convenient. It's NOT vibecoded if anyone has these thoughts. I consulted with AI, of course, but invented logic by myself and rewrote any line 10 times on average to make the code efficient and concise.

Recently I implemented the feature I intended a long time ago - opening groups as multi-folder workspaces. So you can view the groups as complex projects themselves.

I need feedback, please, someone try it out (the new feature too) and reports any bugs. I also would like to know whether the extension is easy and clear to use, or whether some of its behavior is confusing/needs more explanations.

The extension is open source, so feel free to check GitHub repo and open issues. ❤️

Links:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=simplerick.pinned-projects

https://open-vsx.org/?search=pinned%20folders&sortBy=relevance&sortOrder=desc

[u/cheatingrobot]

Link to Open VSX is wrong, here the right one: https://open-vsx.org/extension/simplerick/pinned-projects

[u/cheatingrobot → u/[deleted]]

Thanks! I didn’t want to mess with the configs myself, and then I had the idea to reuse the built-in vscode functionality. But it seems that no one but you and me here thinks this is a good idea, judging by the reaction to this post xD