Auto Collapse Folder Tree when closing files

[jpagarcia]

VSCode's feature on opening the file's tree on the sidebar is great, also showing it when the file is active on the editor. I was wondering if it's possible to collapse the file's tree when the file is closed?

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• Ability to keep only the current directory expanded in the Explorer (#39025)

[jpagarcia]

Same issue -> Ability to keep only the current directory expanded in the Explorer (#39025)

[jpagarcia]

The link provided in the previous issue does not provide that much help. extension is not available in the marketplace

[JeanMertz]

The link provided in the previous issue does not provide that much help. extension is not available in the marketplace

There's a .vsix file in the linked repo, that you can install manually:

$ code --install-extension ~/Downloads/auto-collapse-explorer-0.0.2.vsix 
Extension 'auto-collapse-explorer-0.0.2.vsix' was successfully installed!

Then, after reloading/restarting vscode, it works as expected. The only downside I've seen so far is that it has a bit of a jarring/flickering effect when switching between files in different folders, and you can't exclude specific folders from auto-collapsing.

I might take a stab at adding that in the future, but for now this will do.

[fjcaetano]

The problem with the given extension is that it collapses all folders to then reopen the active file and this causes the Explorer tree to blink.

I was trying to make a proper extension that would handle this correctly, but there's no access to the Explorer tree in the API. I also tried fiddling with VS Code's source but I couldn't find any reliable way of finding a tree model (Tree, TreeView, TreeModel, etc) based on a folder's path - probably due to lack of knowledge of the source code.

If anyone is willing to help, I'd be more than appreciative.

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[rohanrajpal]

Would love to have this feature, will be very useful in a monorepo setup.

[JCcastagne]

If anybody tried searching for an extension and couldn't find a solution, here's the extension that worked for me:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lukegeneva.auto-collapse-explorer