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File Ops: A VS Code extension to easily tag/alias files & quick switch between files

Overview:

  1. File Tag - Tag/Alias/Bookmark files

  2. Quick Switch - Quickly switch between files. ex. Switch between 'example.css' & 'example.js' using hotkey (Useful if you are a power user)

  3. Switch to Related Files - View files from the current directory and switch using hotkey

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Detailed Description

Sometimes there are multiple files that have the same names. ex. index.js, header.js, etc. File Ops helps in tagging or aliasing files. A custom name can be given to files & they can be viewed and/or opened from tree view or commands. This can also be thought of as bookmark-ing, the important or frequently used files can be tagged instead of remembering the path.

Another feature is to quickly switch between files. Suppose a directory /src/example/ consists of example.js and example.css. While developing, you might wanna switch between these files. Two ways of doing this would be:

  1. Open Sidebar, find the file and open
  2. Switch from breadcrumbs available at the top of files

It's kinda tedious & long if you are a power user & love shortcuts. File Ops provides a way to define the switch pairs ( .js/.css in this scenario), and switch to-and-fro using hotkeys. Custom switching pairs can also be defined in settings.json

Additional to this, all the files (excluding subdirectories and current file) can be viewed and switched using a hotkey.

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