Vscode: Allow developers create custom main menu items from extensions.

[ilich]

Hello,

It would be nice to have a possibility to create custom menu items for extensions' commands, e.g. Edit -> Format Document. I think it should work similar to keybindings contribution point.

Sincerely,
Ilya

[beiluo]

+1

[Thaina]

+1

[artas90]

Yes, mouse-less interface is good. But some functions are used rare. And it is better to have them in menu and do not guess how it is called in Command Palette.

[brunnopleffken]

I came here because of #6000

My point here as a VS Code (& others) user... Adobe Brackets does this (put everything in "Edit" or create new menu items for each extension), and the menus become SOOOO cluttered, with native features + extension features in the same menu makes it too long! I particularly hate this kind of solution that Adobe has taken.

I think a menu "Extensions" listing the installed extensions and submenus with the functions of each extension (like #6000 does) is an elegant solution.

[diryboy]

It seems to me that Notepad++ take the similar approach with @brunnopleffken proposed. I think it's more organized and discoverable than random places. I've seen people didn't know how to "activate" some extension for VS.

[Tyriar]

I would prefer if the menu entries were isolated in an Extensions menu as in #6000. The reasons being:

• It makes it very clear which menu items belong to which extensions.
• Prevents possible duplicate menu items from multiple extensions by forcing nesting.
• Allowing menu items in the regular menu has the potential for abuse.

[smuuf]

Please, please, avoid the clutter made by many extensions extending menus at several places and create a new Extensions menu for extensions' menus, so our installed extensions can have menus. :heart:

[hanfengcan]

2 year now~

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