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“Open in Visual Studio Code” in macOS context-menu

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

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