Settings Organizer

Settings Organizer for VS Code

The Settings Organizer extension for VS Code allows users to efficiently manage and organize their settings.json files for different environments. This extension supports:

• Global Settings (User-wide configuration)
• Local Workspace Settings (.vscode/settings.json for individual projects)
• Manual Selection (allows entering a custom settings file path)

Features

• Automatically detects and organizes settings.json files.
• Supports multiple environments (Windows, macOS, Linux, WSL2).
• Categorizes settings into logical groups for better readability.
• Provides an interactive command palette menu for easy selection.
• Allows manual path entry for settings files outside the default locations.

Installation

1. Download and install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace (or manually load it in extensions folder).
2. Reload VS Code if necessary.

Usage

Command Palette

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P on macOS).
2. Search for Settings Organizer and select it.
3. Choose one of the available options:
   • Organize Global Settings: Sorts settings.json in the global user folder.
   • Organize Local Workspace Settings: Sorts settings.json inside the workspace .vscode folder.
   • Manual Path Entry: If a settings file is not found, you can enter a custom path.

How It Works

1. Reads the settings.json file from the selected environment.

2. Categorizes settings into predefined groups in the following order:

   • window: Window management settings
   • workbench: UI and layout settings
   • security: Security-related configurations
   • explorer: File explorer settings
   • terminal: Terminal behavior and appearance
   • editor: Code editor preferences
   • git: Git integration settings
   • extensions: Extension-related configurations
   • remote: Remote development settings

   Additionally, it separately organizes language-specific settings and miscellaneous settings that do not fall under the predefined categories.

3. Sorts language-specific and miscellaneous settings separately.

4. Saves the organized settings back to the file.

Supported Platforms

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• WSL2

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or PRs for improvements!

License

MIT License