Explorer View

The Quarto Wizard Explorer View provides a dedicated interface for managing installed Quarto extensions across your workspace folders.

Opening the Explorer View

There are two ways to open the Explorer View:

  1. Click the Quarto Wizard icon in the Activity Bar (sidebar).
  2. Use the Command Palette: Quarto Wizard: Focus on Extensions Installed View.

Interface Overview

The Quarto Wizard Explorer View showing workspace folders and installed extensions with action buttons for installing, using templates, and managing extensions. The Quarto Wizard Explorer View showing workspace folders and installed extensions with action buttons for installing, using templates, and managing extensions.

The Explorer View displays:

  • Workspace folders: Each folder in your workspace that can contain extensions.
  • Installed extensions: Extensions found in the _extensions directory.
  • Version information: Current version and available updates.
  • Action buttons: Quick access to common operations.

Extension Status Indicators

Extensions may display different indicators:

  • Update available: A cloud icon indicates a newer version is available.
  • No source: A warning icon indicates the extension lacks source information (cannot check for updates).

Available Actions

Workspace Folder Actions

For each workspace folder, you can:

  • Install Extensions: Add new extensions to the folder.
  • Use Template: Install a template and copy its files.
  • Remove Multiple: Select and remove multiple extensions at once.

Extension Actions

For each installed extension, you can:

  • Update: Download and install the latest version (if outdated).
  • Remove: Delete the extension from the _extensions directory.
  • Open Source: View the extension’s GitHub repository.
  • Reveal in Explorer: Open the extension folder in the file explorer.

Toolbar Actions

The view toolbar provides:

  • Install Extensions: Open the extension browser.
  • Use Template: Open the template browser.
  • Update All: Update all outdated extensions in the workspace.
  • Refresh: Reload the list of installed extensions.

Update Detection

Quarto Wizard can detect when updates are available for your installed extensions.

Important

Extensions can only be updated if they were installed by Quarto Wizard or have source: <owner>/<repository> in their _extension.yml file. You can manually add the source field to enable update detection.

Context Menu

Right-click on an extension to access additional options:

  • Update (if available).
  • Remove.
  • Open Source (GitHub repository).
  • Reveal in Explorer.

The context menu showing Quarto Wizard options for installing extensions and using templates. The context menu showing Quarto Wizard options for installing extensions and using templates.

You can also access Quarto Wizard commands from the editor context menu:

The editor context menu showing Quarto Wizard options for installing extensions and using templates. The editor context menu showing Quarto Wizard options for installing extensions and using templates.

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