Vscode: Implement multi-select in left-panel file tree
It would be good to be able to move/copy/delete/etc. multiple files in the tree view at once using combinations such as:
Mouse
- shift+
left click: Select all items from the currently focused item to the clicked item - ctrl+
left click: Add the clicked item to the selection
Keyboard
- shift+↑: Add the item above the focused item to the selection (or reduce the selection)
- shift+↓: Add the item below the focused item to the selection (or reduce the selection)
- ctrl+↑: Move the focus up without selecting the item
- ctrl+↓: Move the focus down without selecting the item
- ctrl+space: Add/remove the focused item from the selection
Tyriar
All 187 comments
+1 - was just trying to delete multiple files as in WebStorm, found I couldn't do it :disappointed:.
yangmillstheory
on 16 Dec 2015
Hey I just wanted to do a +1 on this one, this would be a really useful addition!
massimocode
on 7 Jan 2016
+1
VishalMadhvani
on 26 Jan 2016
+1
I don't like having to right click and and do "Open Containing Folder" and then doing what I want there.
TheColorRed
on 6 Feb 2016
:+1:
ianwesterfield
on 11 Feb 2016
:+1: +1
Nimzozo
on 20 Feb 2016
this is important especially when needing to restructure an app by moving multiple files into other folder locations or deleting many files at once. we tend to do this often when in the early stages of web app development.
jayrosen1576
on 29 Feb 2016
+1
SylvainEstevez
on 14 Mar 2016
+1
jaguarus83
on 15 Apr 2016
+1
kazemihabib
on 16 Apr 2016
:+1:
Hacklone
on 9 May 2016
:+1:
mattoni
on 15 May 2016
I updated the issue with more detail and additional desired keybindings.
Tyriar
on 6 Jun 2016
π
William-Francis
on 22 Jul 2016
We need this feature
JFDu
on 29 Aug 2016
+1
hajar424
on 6 Sep 2016
π
jlin21
on 21 Sep 2016
+1
invkrh
on 22 Sep 2016
π
pedromvu
on 2 Oct 2016
π
ajmeyghani
on 3 Oct 2016
+1
ena1106
on 5 Oct 2016
Hi all, prefer :+1: reactions on the original issue comment as that helps us with prioritization. If you're on a mobile device you can use reactions by first hitting the "Desktop version" button at the bottom of the page.
Tyriar
on 5 Oct 2016
+1
jveljan
on 20 Oct 2016
I would love to see this : )
It seems very counter intuitive since most all file explorers have ctrl+click for multi selecting as well as shift clicking for selecting a range of files between file A and file B
ctsstc
on 24 Oct 2016
π It's important, and I need. Mutil-select will make vscode be more convenient for developers.
teabyii
on 17 Nov 2016
+1 Still needed. Since 1 year now...
FloMaetschke
on 23 Nov 2016
+1
gitawego
on 25 Nov 2016
+1
I was surprised that is doesn't work.
yuriykuzin
on 1 Dec 2016
I just noticed ctrl+left click currently opens the file in the next editor group, we would need to introduce a setting and/or override that.
Tyriar
on 9 Dec 2016
Don't forget "open selected files" :D
Btw, what's the status on this? Is it in progress or just waiting for someone to pick it up?
dfroze
on 21 Dec 2016
Mostly just waiting for someone to pick it up, it's high on my personal want list so I might pick it up once I'm freed up.
Tyriar
on 21 Dec 2016
+1
izikorgad
on 25 Dec 2016
i need this feature
zhiqiang21
on 8 Jan 2017
+1
ghost
on 13 Jan 2017
+1
mtapiero
on 14 Jan 2017
+1
Hitmasu
on 22 Jan 2017
+1
ozzyknox
on 3 Feb 2017
+1
deniswelsing
on 3 Feb 2017
+1
PabloMessina
on 3 Feb 2017
Please prefer :+1: reactions on the original issue comment as that helps us with prioritization and doesn't send notifications to everyone listening to the issue for updates.
Tyriar
on 3 Feb 2017
ctrl+left click should toggle the selection rather than just select
thekalinga
on 4 Feb 2017
π
y0n1
on 4 Feb 2017
+1
aprilandjan
on 11 Feb 2017
@Tyriar did this feature made it onto product roadmap ?
adeacetis
on 14 Feb 2017
+1
smccarthy
on 18 Feb 2017
+1
kevjames3
on 21 Feb 2017
+1
tylerjbainbridge
on 27 Feb 2017
This is especially annoying since you have to watch the confirmation dialog animation (on a Mac at least) every freaking time you delete files one by one.
It would be great if there was no animation, even better, just don't show the confirmation dialog and remove to trash, which has a convenient "Put back" option in case one mistakenly deleted something.
yay
on 3 Mar 2017
+1 when is this coming? need this too.
scarstens
on 6 Mar 2017
+1 please :)
JudyLipinski
on 7 Mar 2017
+1
alexcushing
on 7 Mar 2017
+1
sliechti
on 17 Mar 2017
+1
ognjenb
on 20 Mar 2017
+1
irvansetiawan
on 23 Mar 2017
+1
matzero
on 31 Mar 2017
+1 this is important feature for me, please.
raregrass
on 6 Apr 2017
+1 Need this!
maxwellhibbert
on 7 Apr 2017
Not support now?? terrible
Naruto-Sasuke
on 16 Apr 2017
Is it that hard to implement? Just black mask the file that's selected (like while you have not files opened) and then start working with multiple files selection, is that a really big problem?
hotwer
on 17 Apr 2017
hell yeah.. why still not add this feature yet? so hard?
zigang93
on 17 Apr 2017
+1
yanxiaobo
on 18 Apr 2017
+1
stoneChen
on 18 Apr 2017
+1000
clocksmith
on 18 Apr 2017
+1
cuongnv201194
on 19 Apr 2017
Please prefer :+1: reactions on the original issue comment as that helps us with prioritization and doesn't send notifications to everyone listening to the issue for updates.
As an update: it's not that this is particularly hard, it just takes some time to do right and the team is all busy doing other stuff. This is near the top of the list of issues sorted by π reactions now though which probably means it will be picked up in the coming months.
Tyriar
on 19 Apr 2017
+10086
wuliupo
on 4 May 2017
+1
TomBethoule
on 4 May 2017
π
liujiede
on 5 May 2017
+1
simongs
on 14 May 2017
+1
Globolobo
on 16 May 2017
+1
taylorsmithgg
on 17 May 2017
+1
cwtuan
on 17 May 2017
This issue is 1.5 year old, really, Microsoft, y u no listen?
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simplyageek
on 19 May 2017
Not yet implemented? This should be a priority.
slowaways
on 22 May 2017
This is an obvious one. Still not delivered? Wooow!
rwlodkowski
on 25 May 2017
WOW. +1. Really handy feature. Should be implemented. π :)
bisak
on 25 May 2017
+1
hattoriheiji
on 26 May 2017
+1 π
LandonPatmore
on 29 May 2017
+1
eesteban
on 30 May 2017
+1
coderas
on 2 Jun 2017
It's really pretty irritating ;) but massive π for vscode in general, just works
coderas
on 2 Jun 2017
+1
JakubPetriska
on 2 Jun 2017
+1
beefporky
on 4 Jun 2017
+1
mr-rahimi
on 7 Jun 2017
+1
nshermione
on 15 Jun 2017
+1
MatrixV01
on 16 Jun 2017
+1. This feature is required before VSCode can be really considered as a serious IDE.
rapidclock
on 19 Jun 2017
+1 - Seriously this is not a thing!!! - I love VS CODE! Well, until now....
tomplusplus
on 23 Jun 2017
Pretty Please?
JaumeJBofi
on 27 Jun 2017
+1
astrikov-d
on 30 Jun 2017
+1
ThiagoAugustoBorges
on 30 Jun 2017
+1
nvuhung
on 1 Jul 2017
I feel this is a no-brainier feature. +1000
GeorgeKaraszi
on 1 Jul 2017
+1
KamyarGhajar
on 4 Jul 2017
+1
I strongly believe that this feature should be there in any IDE.
trinath
on 6 Jul 2017
+1
This is a must have!, this is standard in almost all IDEs.
nischal62019
on 8 Jul 2017
+1
Please add this feature in to vscode
silkyland
on 11 Jul 2017
+1
mohammedhammoud
on 11 Jul 2017
+ 1
vanhumbeecka
on 14 Jul 2017
+1
guilhermedecampo
on 15 Jul 2017
can we get an estimate from the team when this well be added or if this is planned? The issue is 1,5 years old and no feedback as far as I can see.
phifa
on 18 Jul 2017
It's not planned right now. I'd love to have it (I'm the OP), we just need people to free up.
The best way to influence us working on this is by hitting :+1: on the top comment.
Tyriar
on 19 Jul 2017
+1
csutorasr
on 22 Jul 2017
is it possible now ?
100cm
on 7 Aug 2017
+1
kassyn
on 8 Aug 2017
totally agree on you. I found what you said is very necessary for me in daily work. You spoke it out, great!
ToMakeSense
on 10 Aug 2017
Oh, my... I can't believe this...
xueyunquan
on 11 Aug 2017
+1
andrius-k
on 11 Aug 2017
+1
drnachio
on 11 Aug 2017
+1, I really need this feature
blackberry4311
on 16 Aug 2017
+1
thomas-kahn
on 18 Aug 2017
+1
sdolidze
on 6 Sep 2017
+1
danpora
on 8 Sep 2017
+1
jascodes
on 8 Sep 2017
Can't believe it takes Microsoft so long to add such a no-brainer functionality ... I wonder if they care..
knezdusan
on 10 Sep 2017
+1
philip-firstorder
on 13 Sep 2017
+1
winiciuscota
on 13 Sep 2017
+1
ibox4real
on 14 Sep 2017
+1
sn1k
on 19 Sep 2017
there is an estimation for this feature?
guilhermedecampo
on 19 Sep 2017
+1
iarroyo
on 20 Sep 2017
So... still have no solution??? What the hell guys??
SenchiloVictor
on 21 Sep 2017
Yeah, it is weird that this simple feature doesn't exist
Sti2nd
on 21 Sep 2017
@Sti2nd Such a simple feature, go on implement it and create a pull request, goodness. π
loilo
on 21 Sep 2017
Indeed. I guess I meant it is a small but important feature, don't know about the difficulty in implementing it.
Sti2nd
on 21 Sep 2017
Thanks for clarification. Well, it's certainly not technically trivial, especially if you need support for keyboard controls.
I've just made the mistake to subscribe to this issue to be aware of any progress but I mostly get notifications about people spamming "+1" or complaining that such an "easy feature" is not done yet...
loilo
on 21 Sep 2017
Yeaaah. I don't know what to say to that except https://help.github.com/articles/unsubscribing-from-conversations/
Sti2nd
on 21 Sep 2017
+1
FrimJo
on 29 Sep 2017
+10086
foxundermoon
on 1 Oct 2017
+1
TomasRup
on 6 Oct 2017
+1
jdazacon
on 6 Oct 2017
+1s
czy0729
on 9 Oct 2017
Selecting two items should show the "compare" option in the context menu.
gulshan
on 9 Oct 2017
+1
stammatime
on 13 Oct 2017
+1
TAGC
on 14 Oct 2017
+1
skunchamwar
on 17 Oct 2017
+1
AndrewBoklashko
on 19 Oct 2017
Why do everyone vote with a +1? Please please please stop it! GitHub has a feature called reactions since March 2016. Please use that instead of flooding with unnecessary +1's. With every +1 everyone of the 128 subscribers gets a useless notification π Plus you (or the maintainer) can sort GitHub issues accordingly the reactions and can see which issue is most important. He can't do that with +1s.
screendriver
on 20 Oct 2017
You are right @screendriver, +1
sn1k
on 20 Oct 2017
As far as I know feature requests are sort by thumbs up reactions:
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc
So the +1 posts will not help anyone. The only thing you can really do is a thumbs up reaction for the first post. Just saying...
Martin-Wegner
on 20 Oct 2017
Plus you (or the maintainer) can sort GitHub issues accordingly the reactions and can see which issue is most important. He can't do that with +1s.
As I said π
screendriver
on 20 Oct 2017
So the +1 posts will not help anyone. The only thing you can really do is a thumbs up reaction for the first post. Just saying...
Already did. +1 is for rebellion! XD
iroes
on 20 Oct 2017
So... Is it so really unfixable bag?????? WHAT THE HELL GUYS???
SenchiloVictor
on 24 Oct 2017
I have idea - if you do this like "feature" and will sell it for 1$ )) I'm sure everyone will buy it!!
SenchiloVictor
on 24 Oct 2017
what a shame
Efimster
on 3 Nov 2017
It must be just an Easter egg or something. We must discover how to activate this hidden feature.
ezp127
on 11 Nov 2017
+1
bbrazsilveira
on 11 Nov 2017
+1
hoangnamitc
on 12 Nov 2017
+1
jcyrss
on 14 Nov 2017
+1
younth
on 14 Nov 2017
Still waiting for this important feature :(
higoka
on 14 Nov 2017
Is this feature still not supported?
maheeka
on 17 Nov 2017
+1. I don't understand why it is still not implemented..
jasonsun0310
on 19 Nov 2017
just got pissed off by this missing feature, again. Only thing that makes me frustrated about the VS Code :)
margusha
on 20 Nov 2017
Multiple files selection feature doesn't work on my Mac!!! help please. Is this a bug? My Mac version: 10.13.1, VsCode Version: 1.18.1 This is definitely a feature every coder needs.
binshu2013
on 21 Nov 2017
@binshu2013 this feature can't work on Mac because this issue is a feature request and the feature is not implemented yet ;)
Martin-Wegner
on 21 Nov 2017
Martin,
Thank you for your reply. Any idea when this feature will be implemented?
In my opinion, multi files selection is a must-have feature.
-Bin
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binshu2013
on 21 Nov 2017
+19260817 +1s
Argun
on 22 Nov 2017
@binshu2013 You're asking someone who has nothing to do with this project or the company when they expect a feature to be implemented? They probably wouldn't know.
My guess: when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. Then you'll have your file tree multi-select.
TAGC
on 22 Nov 2017
+1
jrdbnntt
on 24 Nov 2017
+1
cyanid
on 28 Nov 2017
+1
wehrstedt
on 29 Nov 2017
+1
kkorus
on 29 Nov 2017
-1
Maybe we should try minuses instead.
mustafarian
on 6 Dec 2017
π
Or a monkey
wehrstedt
on 6 Dec 2017
+1
charismafight
on 7 Dec 2017
The intent is to provide developers with a sense of pride and accomplishment for managing files one by one.
FistMeNaruto
on 10 Dec 2017
I'm shocked this hasn't been added yet
Stranger
on 11 Dec 2017
It's been two years! Congrats to the teamπ₯ Your persistence to core values (whatever they are) is admirable :)
Artmobile
on 11 Dec 2017
Any update here? Most of VS Code is designed with the goal of increasing user efficiency and development speed. The lack of a multi-select feature slows down the workflow and seems contradictory to the overall ambition of the editor.
I am crossing my fingers for an imminent update which includes that feature.
Otherwise, the editor is great.
PS: The docs around launch configurations and tasks are slightly messy and could use some clean-up work. I spent two days trying to understand how to debug transpiled ES6 code. It is possible that I am a bit slow, but it should not be that hard to understand.
Thanks again for a great editor.
serioth
on 11 Dec 2017
@serioth the only update is that it's planned in the 6 month roadmap https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Roadmap
Tyriar
on 11 Dec 2017
such a long fuss about a simple thing!!!! come on!!!!!! implement it now!!!!!! geez
dogopupper
on 12 Dec 2017
s this feature still not supported?
ylzon
on 14 Dec 2017
whyοΌοΌοΌ
ylzon
on 14 Dec 2017
wtf this is incredible...
brgrz
on 14 Dec 2017
Really? This is the first thing you implement in an editor, to make it an editor. 2 years and no action? Before doing live code sharing and such fancy things, didn't you think about prioritising this thing?
iozozturk
on 15 Dec 2017
+1
viewstar000
on 20 Dec 2017
It's Dec 23 2017 now. 750 days passed.
wangfengming
on 23 Dec 2017
I just started using vscode yesterday and today found myself looking for a way to select multiple files to copy them to a different sub-folder.
yurymann
on 24 Dec 2017
As far as I can say from the previous example, this comment will be downvoted.
Anyways, the same story. The first day, first 10 minutes after WebStorm. Started to look for this feature. Found this thread... Added +1 to the main issue description...
skryvets
on 26 Dec 2017
As far as I can say from the previous example, this comment will be downvoted.
Everyone who contributed to this issue is being informed that another comment was added. Noone needs +1 posts.
Did you upvote the issue?
bardware
on 27 Dec 2017
Yes.
Added +1 to the main issue description.
Thanks!
skryvets
on 27 Dec 2017
+1
wadejensen
on 30 Dec 2017
Just spent 10 mins trying to figure out how to select multiple files to upload... then I found out I can't. It would be really useful to do this as well as such a time saver.
Say you had to upload / delete 20 files? I wouldn't wanna select them 1 by 1. Not very productive or efficient.
brett-shenk
on 11 Jan 2018
eyyyyyy π π π
dogopupper
on 11 Jan 2018
Okay.... we have a merged PR. Anyone know how to do it?
gregsdennis
on 11 Jan 2018
This feature will be available in todays insider release. You can give our preview releases a try from: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
bpasero
on 12 Jan 2018
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