Adding Settings in a Visual Studio Code Extension

Question

I'm trying to add settings to a Visual Studio Code Extension (vscode-powershell)

I edited the settings.ts file to add: A new Interface:

export interface ICertificateSettings {
    certificateSubject?: string;
}

I edited the ISettings interface to add my Interface

export interface ISettings {
    useX86Host?: boolean,
    enableProfileLoading?: boolean,
    scriptAnalysis?: IScriptAnalysisSettings,
    developer?: IDeveloperSettings,
    certificate?: ICertificateSettings
}

Then the load function to add my default settings and the return value:

export function load(myPluginId: string): ISettings {
    let configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(myPluginId);

    let defaultScriptAnalysisSettings = {
        enable: true,
        settingsPath: ""
    };

    let defaultDeveloperSettings = {
        powerShellExePath: undefined,
        bundledModulesPath: "../modules/",
        editorServicesLogLevel: "Normal",
        editorServicesWaitForDebugger: false
    };

    let defaultCertificateSettings = {
        certificateSubject: ""
    };

    return {
        useX86Host: configuration.get<boolean>("useX86Host", false),
        enableProfileLoading: configuration.get<boolean>("enableProfileLoading", false),
        scriptAnalysis: configuration.get<IScriptAnalysisSettings>("scriptAnalysis", defaultScriptAnalysisSettings),
        developer: configuration.get<IDeveloperSettings>("developer", defaultDeveloperSettings),
        certificate: configuration.get<ICertificateSettings>("certificate", defaultCertificateSettings)
    }
}

But when I run my extension using the debug panel then launch, I can't see my new "certificate" setting in the PowerShell section.

Do you know what I am missing?

Answer 1

Yes, you're missing the additions to package.json, since that is what actually defines the configuration options. The Typescript code merely reads them out. Specifically, you need to add a contributes.configuration section. For an example, see the corresponding section in vscode-powershell/package.json.

Yours would be something like (untested):

{
  ...
  "contributes": {
    ...
    "configuration": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "myPluginId",   // whatever it really is
      "properties": {
        "certificate.certificateSubject": {
          "type": ["string", "null"],
          "default": null,
          "description": "..."
        }
      }
    },
    ...
  },
  ...
}