How to add open in Visual Studio Code to Finder (vsc / osx)
While most of us will just launch VSC from our cozy command line using the code . command there is also a use case to be able to launch visual studio code from finder. Here’s how: (fyi: I’ve added also instruction to install code command if you don’t know how to do it at the bottom)
- Open Automator.app
- Choose “Quick Action”
3. In the next screen set “Workflow receives current” to files or folders
4. Select Library -> Utilities -> Run Shell Script, pick preferred Shell (or default) and change Pass input to as arguments
5.In the text area insert following command: open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" — args "$*"
6. Save the script (you can press Command + S) — enter some name (this will be displayed in the Finder — so pick something like “Open in Code” or “Open in VSC”
7. The command will be available under Quick Actions like this:
How to install “code” command:
Open VSC, press Shift+Command+P enter install and pick:
Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH
