Introducing VSCode GoToFile

As mentioned in my last post on VSCode, I've recently been trialling it as my editor of choice and so far have found the experience to be excellent. Coupled with the amVim plugin, it's really suited me well.

I know many people use VSCodeVim, but I was never able to get it running as smoothly as amVim.

One of the features that amVim doesn't provide is gf, which in Vim means "go to file". If your cursor was over a string, and you hit gf on the keyboard, Vim would try to go to that file.

Existing Plugins

I started searching for a plugin that might do this, and came across seito-openfile, which worked for most of my cases, but I really wanted one that I could customise more to work for me. In particular we use a lot of aliases on our large codebase at work, and I wanted to build a plugin that could support them.

I couldn't quite find one that did exactly what I wanted, so I decided to bite the bullet and build one!

Presenting vscode-go-to-file

VSCode GoToFile is my attempt at recreating Vim's gf functionality in VSCode. It will also parse aliases from your jsconfig.json, and is clever enough to try a few common extensions if the file path doesn't have one (.js, .jsx, .css and .scss). Working on this plugin also enabled me to experience plugin development for the first time and I've been really impressed, VSCode offers a great API that is really well documented and a great tutorial for getting started.

Reporting issues

If you'd like to give this plugin a try, I'd be grateful for any feedback you may have. I'm sure there are many improvements to be made and I'd love you to open an issue if you find a problem.