darkdaskin / vstabpath

Visual Studio extension which shows file paths in tab titles with same file names.

TabPath extension

Download: Visual Studio Marketplace

Purpose

Visual Studio extension which shows file paths in tab titles with same file names.

It is inspired by a built-in feature of Visual Studio Code and has similar look and feel, showing relevant path segments next to file names.

Improvement suggestions are welcome.

Compatibility

The extension currently works with Visual Studio 2017 - 2022. Support for other versions might be added in future.

The extension is compatible with the Custom Document Well extension (a component of Productivity Power Tools 2017).

Building

The extension references few assemblies directly from Visual Studio directory, so Visual Studio 2017 has to be installed to build it. No specific work loads are required.

In case you need to build the extension having only newer version of Visual Studio installed, override the MinimumVisualStudioVersion project property (see VisualStudio.props for possible values). This will make the extension incompatible with earlier Visual Studio versions.

vstabpath's Issues

Path not shown when restoring tabs

Hi,

I've encountered small inconvenience. Path is not shown on tabs restored on VS start when Reopen documents on solution load in VS Options > Projects and Solutions > General is enabled. You have to close one of the same-name tabs and open it again so that path is displayed.

Otherwise it works great. Thanks!

Crash when opening Windows Forms designer

1. Open a WinForms form in design mode
2. Open the same form in code mode
3. VS will crash

Opened tab name not updating when file is moved to another folder.

When file is opened and moved to another folder, name is not updating. To update name you must close tab and open the file again.

VirusTotal: "BehavesLike.Suspicious.kc"

VirusTotal warns that the extension is infected with a virus:

Crash probably in F# or Shared project

SetSite failed for package [TabPathPackage]Source: 'mscorlib' Description: The path is not of a legal form. System.ArgumentException: The path is not of a legal form.
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
   at System.IO.Path.InternalGetDirectoryName(String path)
   at VSTabPath.TabTitleManager..ctor() in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabTitleManager.cs:line 64
   at VSTabPath.TabTitleManager.<>c.<EnsureTabTitleManager>b__3_0() in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabTitleManager.cs:line 36
   at VSTabPath.TabTitleManager.EnsurePropertyValue[T,TProperty](T target, DependencyProperty property, Func`1 factory) in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabTitleManager.cs:line 119
   at VSTabPath.TabTitleManager.EnsureTabTitleManager(ViewGroup target) in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabTitleManager.cs:line 36
   at VSTabPath.TabPathViewElementFactory.SetupView(DocumentView view) in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabPathViewElementFactory.cs:line 40
   at VSTabPath.TabPathViewElementFactory.SetupExistingDocuments() in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabPathViewElementFactory.cs:line 56
   at VSTabPath.TabPathPackage.<InitializeAsync>d__2.MoveNext() in C:\projects\vstabpath\VSTabPath\TabPathPackage.cs:line 69 --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.AsyncPackage.<>c__DisplayClass20_0.<<Microsoft-VisualStudio-Shell-Interop-IAsyncLoadablePackageInitialize-Initialize>b__1>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.JoinableTask.<JoinAsync>d__68.MoveNext()

Always show file path in tab

Sometimes it's convenient to always have path in the tab. For example when you develop ReactJS components you often use index.js as a root file name in the component folder. And currently if you not open multiple index.js files of different components you don't see the component name in tab title.

So my proposal is to add some options in extension settings for this (like file names template to show path in tabs).

[REQ] Visual Studio 2022 Version

Is there any plan to make it work with VS2022?

VS 2019 and the extension link is broken

Any plans on updating the extension to support VS2019?
Also, the download link on the market place is broken, "BlobNotFound" error is returned.