Vscode: Support "perspectives" like approach in VSCode

[LucaGabi]

What is a Perspective?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/eclipse/eclipse_perspectives.htm
https://www.eclipse.org/articles/using-perspectives/PerspectiveArticle.html

Considering large projects with different components (backend, frontend projects with mix of languages) a feature similar to Eclipse IDE "perspectives" would be very useful to easy switch between the projects or scope to a section of the current project. To switch between the perspectives, a ui similar to open recent (Ctrl-R) project could be used and triggered with a shortcut (Ctrl-9). The icon in each entry can show the project's main technology (angular, c#, etc).

In the File Explorer (VSCode's Tab) a new context menu option "Create Perspective" is used to add perspectives based on a folder.

In the Sidebar a new item can be added named "Perspectives" that can list the existing perspectives with a highlight on the active one. A color can be used in the ui sidebar item or a status bar indicator similar to "Open Remote Window" with the name of the current perspective, at click will open Ctrl-9 ui mentioned above.

Benefits:

• large projects can be easier managed on each component (eg: backend perspective, web app perspective, mobile app perspective)
• scope to section in same project / perspective with "Create Perspective"
• keeps the same window but switches the workspace (no alt-tab jumps)
• keeps the same simple/clean layout (no need for multiple sidebars clutter)

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[MayTheSForceBeWithYou]

tbh, for the time being I just want a perspective so that when I'm using the terminal within VS Code I can switch to something without a directory tree, editor, etc. and just focus on the terminal. 🤷‍♂️

[munael]

@MayTheSForceBeWithYou , that one's at least maybe doable. Maybe something like:

    {
        "key": "alt+j",
        "command": [
            "workbench.action.terminal.focus",
            "workbench.action.closeSidebar",
            "workbench.action.toggleMaximizedPanel",
        ]
    }

You'll need some "when" conditions to make the toggling work. The maximization might be forever botched though. Not sure.