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    Open in Visual Studio Code


Open Automator


Create a new document


Select Quick Action


Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application


Add a Run Shell Script action

your default shell should already be selected, otherwise use /bin/zsh for macOS 10.15 (”Catalina”) or later
older versions of macOS use /bin/bash
if you're using something else, you probably know what to do 😉


Set the script action to the following
for f in "$@"; do
  open -a 'Visual Studio Code' "$@"
done


Set “Pass input” to as arguments


Save as Open in Visual Studio Code


Keyboard Shortcuts

You can assign a global shortcut to run the services we just created

Open “System Preferences”
Select “Keyboard” then the “Shortcuts” tab
In the left pane, click on “Services”
In the right pane, scroll to  “Files and Folders”
Select “Open in Visual Studio Code” click “add shortcut”
Select a shortcut

Edit Context Menu items

You might want to rename or edit the items we just created

Activate Finder
Click on “Finder” in the Apple menu, select “Services” then “Services Preferences”
In the right pane, scroll to  “Files and Folders” and scroll to the item you want to edit
Right click the item and select “Open in Visual Studio Code”
Edit and save

Alternatively, you can edit the workflow (e.g. ~/Library/Services/Open in Visual Studio Code.workflow) in your preferred text editor