Add a command to Finder services in Mac OSX to open a folder in VS Code

Mac OS X: Open in Visual Studio Code

- Open Automator 
- File -> New -> Service 
- Change "Service Receives" to "files or folders" in "Finder" 
- Add a "Run Shell Script" action 
- Change "Pass input" to "as arguments" 
- Paste the following in the shell script box: open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args "$*" 
- Save it as something like "Open in Visual Studio Code"

Cool !!

I have made this for myself
https://github.com/cnstntn-kndrtv/open-in-buttons-for-finder-toolbar

Thank you!

Thanks :)

Awesome ! thanks!

Thanks! Thats really convenient and I learnt a new tool today.

Rock on!

Awesome!

@cnstntn-kndrtv thanks!

Thanks

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

thanks

Thanks! Was struggling to find out how to do that for a while. Your solution works like a charm.

I could open Visual Studio Code from terminal with "code ." but I needed that too. Thanks, that you have saved my life 👍

The service can be further simplified this way. No need to execute a shell script.

The App to be dragged into Finder's toolbar is also super easy to create.

Also, you can easily add VSCode icon to the Automator App so that it looks nice in Finder's toolbar - Cmd+I the VSCode and Automator app, click the VSCode icon and press Cmd+C. Then click the Automator App icon and press Cmd+V.

Once done, just drag&drop the Automator App onto Finder's toolbar while holding Cmd key. Final result looks like this.

https://github.com/sozercan/OpenInCode

Cool!

Nice, works like a charm

Thanks, really useful!

Thanks!

Nice! Thanks!

Thanks so much! Works like a charm!

Thanks for this, very helpful and easy setup!

Everybody, you can just go to applications and cmd+click VS Code's application onto the top bar, which will allow you to drag folders onto it to open them into VSCode. No automator necessary. This also works for iTerm2.

Thanks @mattwaler! Great tip.

Thanks so much, @tonysneed && @lobodpav !
Is there a a way to add it to the menu when you click on the blank space (inside a folder)??

BTW, thanks you too, @mattwaler !

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really cool, ty!

Awesome ! Thanks so much!

This is just great!! Awesome!

Very useful ! Thanks 👍

Thank you @mattwaler! This is just what I needed.

Brilliant - thanks

Cool stuff, thanks. Just to mention the poor man's method is this:

@lobodpav Thanks

I have made this for myself
https://github.com/cnstntn-kndrtv/open-in-buttons-for-finder-toolbar

@cnstntn-kndrtv I got this error when trying to open in VScode
The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “-: /usr/local/bin/code: No such file or directory
-: /usr/local/bin/code: No such file or directory”

Great!

Make sure the path of script is same as your vscode path

I have made this for myself
https://github.com/cnstntn-kndrtv/open-in-buttons-for-finder-toolbar

@cnstntn-kndrtv I got this error when trying to open in VScode
The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “-: /usr/local/bin/code: No such file or directory
-: /usr/local/bin/code: No such file or directory”

Here we have cool stuff
Great contributes
Thanks everyone

for f in "$@"
do
    open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args "$f"
done

For multiple files

For newbies like me, the 'Service' in automator is now called 'Quick Action'. The rest of the steps work fine.

Automator menu is changed and I cannot follow the tutorial. Can some one please update the workflow?

I works for me.
Thanks :)