VSCode: How do I find what my workspace folder is

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Is there a simple command that will tell me what my workspace folder is? I tried ${workspaceFolder} in the terminal but that didn't work.

Do you need that for further CLI processing or just to see it? — ford04, Aug 06 '19 at 14:16
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53485115/how-to-display-current-values-of-vs-codes-predefined-variables-such-as-work/53486166#53486166 — Mark, Aug 06 '19 at 14:34

ford04 · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-06T15:15:21.210

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Alternatives that currently come to my mind:

1.) If you want to see the workspace folder in the titlebar, you could adjust window.title setting (workspace or user settings):

"window.title": "${dirty}${activeEditorShort}${separator}${folderPath}${separator}${appName}"

Multiple variables can be used here - see Defaults -> window.title. ${folderPath} works best for me, if you prefer the absolute workspace path.

2.) Define a task that can print your workspace folder at the terminal:

    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "echo",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "echo ${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]

3.) File -> save as workspace should actually show the current workspace folder (seems to be not consistent with Windows/Mac though)

4.) Just open the terminal and look at your cwd. I am not sure, if all terminals default to the workspace folder.

edited Aug 06 '19 at 15:15

answered Aug 06 '19 at 14:29

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The first method works. Regarding the third, I'm on a Mac and I have "Save As..." and "Save Workspace As..." but neither of these show the current workspace folder when I select them. – jss367 Aug 06 '19 at 14:37
OK, good hint. I am on windows, does seem to work there. 4.) possibility would be to just open terminal and see the cwd. I am not sure, if that fits for all terminals, but I'll add it with reservation. – ford04 Aug 06 '19 at 14:48
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workspaceRoot still works for now but it was deprecated long ago, see https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-recipes/commit/797ca8054fe7e9b3bf812d2b366631e12c11b90e and no mention of it in https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference. Don't use `workspaceRoot`. – Mark Aug 06 '19 at 14:53

VonC · Answer 2 · 2020-12-07T07:45:11.850

VSCode 1.52 (Nov. 2020) will simplify that use case.

Before:

/ws
   /.vscode
        launch.json
/proj_a
   /scr
/proj_b
   /scr
/proj_c
   /scr
/proj_d
   /scr

Where /ws and /proj_* are all folders added to create the multi folder workspace. But ${workspaceFolder} always is /ws

${workspaceFolder:proj_a} is possible but not convenient, when you have a debug configuration in /ws/.vscode/launch.json that uses ${file} and you want to be able to use this configuration on all files in your multi-root setup.
And in order to establish the correct working directory for your debuggee you need a way to derive the workspace folder path from ${file}.

Introducing ${fileWorkspaceFolder}.

With VSCode 1.52, see:

issue 84162: "Get the workspace folder of the current file "
issue 108907: "Multi root workspace - Variable for the current file's workspace directory"
commit 876d1f0: introduce new variable ${fileWorkspaceFolder}

That will complement the Predefined variables examples.

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