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 :)

Great!! Thanks a lot!

This should solve all your problems.
https://github.com/Mortennn/FiScript

Awesome! Thanks you very match!

Awesome! Thanks bro,

Action Same for Sublime Text:
shell script box:
 /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl -a "$@"

cool, thanks !

To make it even easier add a shortcut to this service Command + .
System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services->Open with Visual Studio Code->Add->'Command' + '.' ->Save
Now in finder select a file or folder and press COMMAND + .
Have fun :)

Very cool thanks!!!!

Thnx!

Just brilliant. Thanks

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

Thank you very much!

This is brill, thank you!

For Mojave, use the following steps

1. Open Automator
2. File > New
3. Select Quick Action
4. Click Choose
5. Select "Workflow receives current files or folders in Finder"
6. From the left hand side pane in Automator, drag-drop Library > Utilities > Run Shell Script into the right hand pane
7. Ensure Pass input is set to "as arguments"
8. Then paste the below text:

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

9. Click File > Save
10. Give name as "Open in VS Code"
11. Go to Finder, select a folder or files, right click > choose Quick Actions > Open In VS Code

saved my day ;-) thx

This looks super amazing. Thanks!

For Mojave, use the following steps

1. Open Automator
2. File > New
3. Select Quick Action
4. Click Choose
5. Select "Workflow receives current files or folders in Finder"
6. From the left hand side pane in Automator, drag-drop Library > Utilities > Run Shell Script into the right hand pane
7. Ensure Pass input is set to "as arguments"
8. Then paste the below text:

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

1. Click File > Save
2. Give name as "Open in VS Code"
3. Go to Finder, select a folder or files, right click > choose Quick Actions > Open In VS Code

Worked like a charm, thank you.

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.

Feel like this one got overlooked, but is by far the best approach IMO. Thanks @mattwaler

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.

Feel like this one got overlooked, but is by far the best approach IMO. Thanks @mattwaler

Oh you are hero! Simple and powerful

This is great, thanks for your help!

Thanks for this!

Here's an update for Catalina, since Automator has changed a bit over time...

• Open Automator
• File -> New -> Quick Action
• Change "Workflow Receives current" 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"

After saving, it should be available on any folder in Finder under the menu Services

updated for Big Sur (doesn't run a script, picks the app's icon) https://gist.github.com/aamnah/9b66ab2462e1b50358455dbd3c9c2f0f