Provides path completion for visual studio code.

• it supports relative paths (starting with ./)
• it supports absolute path to the workspace (starting with /)
• it supports absolute path to the file system (starts with: C:)
• it supports paths relative to the user folder (starts with ~)
• it supports items exclusions via the path-autocomplete.excludedItems option
• it supports npm packages (starting with a-z and not relative to disk)
• it supports automatic suggestion after selecting a folder
• it supports custom mappings via the path-autocomplete.pathMappings option
• it supports custom transformations to the inserted text via the path-autocomplete.transformations

You can install it from the marketplace. ext install path-autocomplete

• path-autocomplete.extensionOnImport - boolean If true it will append the extension as well when inserting the file name on import statements.

• path-autocomplete.includeExtension - boolean If true it will append the extension as well when inserting the file name.

• path-autocomplete.excludedItems
  This option allows you to exclude certain files from the suggestions.

  "path-autocomplete.excludedItems": {
      "**/*.js": { "when": "**/*.ts" }, // ignore js files if i'm inside a ts file
      "**/*.map": { "when": "**" }, // always ignore *.map files
      "**/{.git,node_modules}": { "when": "**" } // always ignore .git and node_modules folders
  }
  

  minimatch is used to check if the files match the pattern.

• path-autocomplete.pathMappings
  Useful for defining aliases for absolute or relative paths.

  "path-autocomplete.pathMappings": {
      "/test": "${folder}/src/Actions/test", // alias for /test
      "/": "${folder}/src", // the absolute root folder is now /src,
      "$root": ${folder}/src // the relative root folder is now /src
      // or multiple folders for one mapping
      "$root": ["${folder}/p1/src", "${folder}/p2/src"] // the root is now relative to both p1/src and p2/src
  }
  

• path-autocomplete.pathSeparators - string Lists the separators used for extracting the inserted path when used outside strings. The default value is: \t({[

• path-autocomplete.transformations List of custom transformation applied to the inserted text.
  Example: replace _ with an empty string when selecting a SCSS partial file.

  "path-autocomplete.transformations": [{
      "type": "replace",
      "parameters": ["^_", ""],
      "when": {
          "fileName": "\\.scss$"
      }
  }],
  

  Supported transformation:

  • replace - Performs a string replace on the selected item text.
    Parameters:
    • regex - a regex pattern
    • replaceString - the replacement string

• path-autocomplete.triggerOutsideStrings boolean - if true it will trigger the autocomplete outside of quotes

• path-autocomplete.enableFolderTrailingSlash boolean - if true it will add a slash after the insertion of a folder path that will trigger the autocompletion.

• path-autocomplete.useBackslash boolean - if true it will use \\ when inserting the paths.

• if you want to use this in markdown or simple text files you need to enable path-autocomplete.triggerOutsideStrings

• ./ for relative paths

  If ./ doesn't work properly, add this to keybindings.json: { "key": ".", "command": "" }. Refer to ChristianKohler/PathIntellisense#9

Adds the path-autocomplete.useBackslash option to enable the use of \\ for windows paths.

Adds the path-autocomplete.pathSeparators option to control the separators when inserting the path outside strings.

• Updates the behavior of extensionOnImport to be taken into account only on import statements line.
• Adds the path-autocomplete.includeExtension option to control the extension on standard paths. (#45)
• Fixes the completion kind for folders and files (#43)
• Adds support for merging multiple folders in the path mappings configuration

"path-autocomplete.pathMappings": {
    "$root": ["${folder}/p1/src", "${folder}/p2/src"]
}

• Adds { and [ as separators for the current path

• Fixes the handing of the path outside strings for markdown links [](./)

• Added support for multi root vscode folders via the ${folder} variable in pathMappings

• Adds support for redefining the root folder via the pathMappings with the $root special key.

• Adds the path-autocomplete.enableFolderTrailingSlash option

• Adds support for path autocomplete outside strings. Available via path-autocomplete.triggerOutsideStrings
• Improves the support for node_modules lookup. #15

• Adds support for custom transformation

• Adds support for custom user mappings

• Fixes the extension trimming for folders. Fixes #6

• Adds support for the trailing slash functionality. Fixes #5
• Adds support for path autocomplete inside backticks. Fixes #3

• Added option to exclude files

• Initial release

Mihai Ionut Vilcu

• github/ionutvmi
• twitter/ionutvmi

This extension is based on path-intellisense