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This page lists everything Task Deck adds to VS Code.

== View ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Id !! Name
|-
| Activity Bar container || <code>quickTasks</code> || Task Deck
|-
| View || <code>quickTasks.tasksView</code> || Tasks
|}

== Commands ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Command !! Id !! Where !! What it does
|-
| <code>Task Deck: Find Task…</code> || <code>quickTasks.findTask</code> || View title (search icon), Command Palette || Opens a search across all visible tasks and runs the selected one. See [[TaskDeck:Find Task|Find Task]].
|-
| <code>Refresh</code> || <code>quickTasks.refresh</code> || View title (refresh icon), Command Palette || Collects the task list again.
|-
| <code>Open Settings</code> || <code>quickTasks.manageSources</code> || View title (gear icon), Command Palette || Opens the Settings editor filtered to the Task Deck settings (<code>@ext:MutigerAffe.task-deck</code>).
|-
| <code>Task Deck: Show Hidden Source…</code> || <code>quickTasks.showSource</code> || Command Palette || Lets you pick a hidden source and shows it again.
|-
| <code>Hide Source</code> || <code>quickTasks.hideSource</code> || Source row (eye icon) || Hides the source and its tasks. See [[TaskDeck:Sources|Sources]].
|-
| <code>Remove Source Configuration</code> || <code>quickTasks.forgetSource</code> || Right-click on a source shown as <code>not found</code> || Deletes all stored settings of that source after a confirmation.
|-
| <code>Pin Task</code> || <code>quickTasks.pinTask</code> || Task row (pin icon) || Adds the task to the '''Pinned''' group. See [[TaskDeck:Pinned Tasks|Pinned Tasks]].
|-
| <code>Unpin Task</code> || <code>quickTasks.unpinTask</code> || Task row in the Pinned group (pin icon) || Removes the task from the '''Pinned''' group.
|-
| <code>Run Task</code> || <code>quickTasks.runTask</code> || Click on a task || Runs the task.
|-
| <code>Task Deck: Task List Refreshing</code> || <code>quickTasks.taskLoading</code> || Click on a task that shows <code>loading…</code> || Shows a status bar message that the list is still being refreshed.
|}

<code>Hide Source</code>, <code>Remove Source Configuration</code> and <code>Run Task</code> also appear in the Command Palette. They need a row in the view to work on, so started from the Command Palette they do not do anything useful. <code>Pin Task</code>, <code>Unpin Task</code> and <code>Task Deck: Task List Refreshing</code> are hidden from the Command Palette.

<code>Refresh</code> and <code>Open Settings</code> appear in the Command Palette without the <code>Task Deck:</code> prefix.

== Keyboard shortcuts ==
Task Deck does not add keyboard shortcuts. You can assign your own to the commands above under ''File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts''.

== Settings ==
All settings are objects with the source name as key, for example <code>Workspace</code> for <code>tasks.json</code> or <code>npm</code>. The default is always an empty object. A source without an entry uses the value in the column ''Without an entry''. Details and an example are on [[TaskDeck:Sources|Sources]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Setting !! Value per source !! Without an entry !! What it does
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceEnabled</code> || <code>true</code>, <code>false</code> || shown || <code>false</code> hides the source and its tasks. Set by ''Hide Source'' and ''Show Hidden Source''.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceIcons</code> || Codicon id || <code>folder</code> || Icon of the source group. The Settings editor offers 14 icons, any other Codicon id works in <code>settings.json</code>.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceColors</code> || Theme color id || theme default || Tints the source icon and its task icons. The Settings editor offers 12 colors, any other theme color id works in <code>settings.json</code>.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceInclude</code> || list of name patterns || all tasks || If not empty, only tasks that match one of the patterns are shown.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceExclude</code> || list of name patterns || no task hidden || Tasks that match one of the patterns are hidden, even if they match an include pattern.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sourceSaveToUser</code> || <code>true</code>, <code>false</code> || <code>false</code> || <code>true</code> makes ''Hide Source'' and ''Show Hidden Source'' save <code>quickTasks.sourceEnabled</code> for this source to the user settings instead of the workspace settings.
|-
| <code>quickTasks.sources</code> || object with <code>enabled</code>, <code>icon</code>, <code>color</code>, <code>include</code>, <code>exclude</code> || none || '''Deprecated.''' Still read as a fallback for sources that have no entry in the new settings.
|}

Name patterns use <code>*</code> for any number of characters and <code>?</code> for one character. A pattern has to match the whole task name. Upper and lower case don't matter.

=== Suggested icons ===
<code>folder</code>, <code>package</code>, <code>tools</code>, <code>checklist</code>, <code>gear</code>, <code>rocket</code>, <code>beaker</code>, <code>terminal</code>, <code>file-code</code>, <code>database</code>, <code>cloud</code>, <code>symbol-event</code>, <code>briefcase</code>, <code>combine</code>

=== Suggested colors ===
<code>charts.blue</code>, <code>charts.green</code>, <code>charts.orange</code>, <code>charts.red</code>, <code>charts.purple</code>, <code>charts.yellow</code>, <code>terminal.ansiBlue</code>, <code>terminal.ansiGreen</code>, <code>terminal.ansiRed</code>, <code>terminal.ansiYellow</code>, <code>terminal.ansiCyan</code>, <code>terminal.ansiMagenta</code>

== Stored data ==
Besides the settings, Task Deck stores two things for each workspace in the VS Code workspace storage:
* the pinned tasks
* the last task list, which is shown at once on the next start

Neither is written to <code>settings.json</code>.

== File types ==
Task Deck adds no languages, file types or editors. It watches <code>.vscode/tasks.json</code> files in the workspace and refreshes the list when one of them changes.

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