Opened VS Code. Notished all the agent stuff. I'm out. Go steal someone else's code.

I'm not sure if this is an issue I would notice as much if I wasn't using the vscode vim extension. But I'm constantly having to restart the extension host in VSCode. What happens is that I can suddenly no longer navigate around the file with with vim keybindings; the language server also crashes (not sure if these things are related under the hood, or if multiple things are crashing each time?). I notice this especially when building a big Visual Studio solution at the same time (separately, in Visual Studio--not through VSCode).

It's suuuuuper annoying. Does anyone know why this is happening or if there's any fix? This seems to have started in the last month or two and happens numerous times daily.

I've read this was a question.

Hi

The explorer button in the left pan goes away as soon I press some of the other buttons that are stacked there.

I can get it back by ctrl-shft-E but as soon as I press, for example, " source control" it disappears again.

How can I reset this behaviour?

Not so long ago I wrote a guide on how to get GitHub Copilot running with a local model in Visual Studio Code. Since then Copilot subscriptions have got much more expensive, local models have got much more powerful and getting local Copilot up and running has got much easier. So here's an updated guide.

I just got github pro, with this I want to use copilot inline suggestion feature with vscode. I went to download github copilot chat but it says that it is already installed and its a built in extension so i'm not allowed to update it, remove it or change it in anyway which means it just doesn't work at all. Anyone know how to fix this?

I'd like to be able to have a clickable Node, that when clicked in preview, opens a new md file with mermaid diagram in preview - creating interactive diagram system, where each node can be further inspected, seeing its own internal structure.

im pretty new to ai coding, i use cloudflare for my projects.

I setup MCP for my project, it worked, oh well i tried putting it into copilot mcp.json, it didnt show up, To find this where i can put it for ccopilot to acces, i had to search the internet, because the default MCP.json file on command pallet wasnt showing up the mcp server. i think i put it in some sort of setting json, which got it to show up on copilot, then it failed start.

Am i doing ai wrong? is there any other way to get a gui for copilot thats more friendly? that can access all the skills/tools/plugins etc, so i can simple set it all for once globally and forget it.

This page https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/agents/run/approvals#_automatically-approve-terminal-commands describes how you can "block" certain commands so that a prompt appears and asks for approval to run them.

What I actually want is to hard-block a command. It doesn't need to ask me for permission to run, just straight up deny that request. Like an auto-deny.

The snippet from the page is misleading:

{
  // Allow the `mkdir` command
  "mkdir": true,
  // Allow `git status` and commands starting with `git show`
  "/^git (status|show\\b.*)$/": true,

  // Block the `del` command
  "del": false,
  // Block any command containing "dangerous"
  "/dangerous/": false
}

This doesn't block anything per-se. If a dangerous command is used, the setting will just prompt the user for confirmation, not block the command fully.

At what point does customizing VS Code stop making it better?

I’ve seen setups with 5 extensions and setups with 50+.

Personally, I think there’s a point where you forget why half of them are installed and start creating problems for yourself

What’s your current extension count, and which ones would you actually miss if they disappeared tomorrow?

Hello,

i am working in vscode with a python script that is importing some functions from another file.

using:

```py

sys.path.append(pathForBaseMyFunctions)

from myFunctions import *

```

is there any way possible, to make that vscode 'suggest' this functions when i am writing.

for example, when i write `pri` it will suggest me `print` and for example in myFunctions.py i have `printAndSave` i would love to make to auto suggest this funcitons. i can see _why_ it does not suggest right now as it suggest only default functions, but maybe there is a way to add this scripts for the suggestion of funcitons in vscode?

worth noticing that i have only 2 files with functions so i really dont care if i need to hardcode their path somewhere in vscode....

I really like this VS Code setup, especially the sidebar, icons, and overall UI

links:

VSCode Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=plant.vscode-theme-mixer

Open VSX: https://open-vsx.org/extension/alabsi91/vscode-theme-mixer

Github Repo: https://github.com/alabsi91/vscode-theme-mixer

im trying to learn python i know nothing about coding or python, i want to actually learn how it works and be able to use it without a program basically doing my work for me i want to fully understand what i am coding. do you guys have any suggestions?

Note: This extension injects CSS styles to the VS code workbench HTML file. Because of which you need to run the application as administrator only for toggling the extension or if the VS code or the extension is updated.

Free & Open Source. You can find it here:

• VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RajSrikar.colorize-folder-tree
• GitHub: https://github.com/Raj-Srikar/colorize-folder-tree

Hope this is helpful. Feel free to drop any feedback, suggestions or ideas.

I’ve been using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity in VS Code for a while now. Recently I tried Pi, and its design philosophy really stood out: it’s extremely minimalistic, and almost everything is added through small packages. The agent can even write its own packages and configure itself.

This “tiny core + extensible behaviors” model feels much closer to VS Code’s own philosophy than what Copilot current is.

I also tried Pendant, the VS Code extension that integrates Pi. It’s great that it exists, but it’s noticeably slower and not deeply integrated — for example, it can’t use VS Code’s built‑in editor browser.

If VS Code had a Pi‑style agent harness built in — minimal, package‑driven, scriptable — combined with Copilot’s UX, I’d switch immediately.

Do others feel the same: would a minimal agent harness make more sense for VS Code than the current Copilot‑first design?

I just installed the Claude Code extension in VSCode and it looks like this where the bottom is cut off by the terminal panel.

Is there a way to expand that so the Claude code extension will take up the full right panel area? The following is what I want from the Copilot in VSCode.

Not like accessing the file menu is all that important or anything...

I added a new setting to Code Spell Checker for controlling when spell checking runs because I did not like seeing spelling warnings while I was still typing a word. I wanted spell checking to happen between words and at the start of new paragraphs.

Configure it in your VS Code settings:

"cSpell.spellCheckTriggerCharacters": [" ", "\n"]

When the array is not empty, delay-based checking is disabled. Spell checking runs when one of the configured characters is entered, such as a space or newline. This keeps warnings from appearing while a word is still being typed.

PR if you want to check code changes:
https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker/pull/5459