Visual Studio Code Linux Desktop File

code.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Visual Studio Code
Icon=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/resources/app/vso.png
Exec=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/Code
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code

Instructions.md

How to use

1. Follow the linux documentation found here to install Visual Studio Code.
2. Copy the contents of code.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/code.desktop
3. Change /home/dan/Apps/vsc in the code.desktop file to the location you extracted the application to.

This how only been tested by myself on ElementaryOS Freya.

The StartupWMClass is wrong. The VSC windows aren't tracked under Gnome with this setup.

StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code should be StartupWMClass=code.

See https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/visual-studio-code/

Thanks, this worked great for me