All notable changes to the "Claude Code" extension will be documented in this file.
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- Official Claude Code Extension Integration: NEW feature to detect and use the official Claude Code extension (anthropic.claude-code) when available
- Automatic detection and smart fallback from official extension to terminal approach
- Zero breaking changes - existing terminal functionality preserved as fallback
- Seamless user experience with no configuration required
- Enhanced Terminal Connection Strategy: Intelligent terminal management and connection
- Smart terminal creation and disposal when official extension is detected
- Improved connection reliability with better error handling
- Single terminal approach prevents duplicate terminals
- Launch Strategy: Unified launch logic for both auto-start and manual launch scenarios
- Error Handling: Enhanced error handling mechanisms throughout the extension
- Performance: Better resource management and terminal lifecycle handling
- Added test infrastructure improvements (test dependencies updated)
- Code quality improvements with enhanced linting and compilation
- Quick Fix Integration: "Fix with Claude Code" option in VSCode's Quick Fix menu (Ctrl+. / Cmd+.)
- Automatically appears when errors or warnings are detected in code
- Sends comprehensive error context including file references, line numbers, error messages, and surrounding code
- Integrated with VSCode's diagnostic system for seamless debugging workflow
- Supports paste detection to show "[Pasted text #X +Y lines]" in Claude Code terminal
- Terminal Input: Refactored to use smart paste detection for all text sending operations
- Automatically determines when to use paste mode based on content (multi-line, >100 chars, code blocks)
- Consistent behavior across all input methods (manual typing, Quick Fix, drag & drop)
- Better integration with Claude Code's paste detection system
- VSCode Compatibility: Lowered minimum VSCode version requirement from 1.100.0 to 1.90.0 for better compatibility with older VSCode installations
- Resolves installation error for users with VSCode versions 1.90.0 - 1.99.x
- Terminal Detection: Automatic detection and connection to existing Claude Code terminal sessions
- Seamlessly connects to running Claude instances without disrupting workflow
- Intelligent process detection across different platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows)
- Validates terminal responsiveness before attempting connection
- Displays connection status with informative UI banners
- Enhanced Drag and Drop: Comprehensive multi-source file and image support
- Support for VSCode Explorer files and folders with proper URI parsing
- External file manager support (Finder, Windows Explorer) with path resolution
- Image handling with automatic temporary file creation for Claude Code CLI
- Visual feedback during drag operations with dashed outlines
- Proper relative/absolute path resolution based on workspace context
- Terminal Visibility: Enhanced terminal management and user experience
- Terminal automatically shows when sending messages while preserving input focus
- Better terminal lifecycle management with proper cleanup
- Improved connection status feedback with contextual messages
- Message Processing: Unified message handling system
- Streamlined image and problem processing workflow
- Better organization of message sending logic
- Enhanced error handling and validation
- UI Experience: Multiple interface improvements
- Cleaner path display in context menus without redundant slashes
- Better visual feedback for drag and drop operations
- Improved input field behavior and focus management
- Path Resolution: Corrected file path construction to remove leading slash for proper relative paths
- Image Processing: Fixed critical image handling to ensure all images are saved to temporary files before sending to Claude Code CLI
- Focus Management: Improved input field focus restoration after terminal operations
- Process Detection: Enhanced reliability of Claude Code process detection across different terminal types
- Quote Functionality: Enhanced code reference functionality for cleaner chat experience
- Changed format from @file:line with full code blocks to compact file#L19-29 format
- Reduces noise in chat by eliminating redundant code content
- Uses GitHub-style line reference format for better readability
- Updated addSelectionToInput command to send compact file references with '@' prefix
- Message Sending Logic: Improved message handling and unified image/problem processing
- Better organization of message sending workflow
- Enhanced unification of image and problem handling logic
- Improved overall message processing reliability
- Image Attachment Formatting: Fixed conditional logic in image manager for proper formatting of single vs multiple image attachments
- Claude Code Input: Eliminated duplicate image listings when sending images to Claude Code terminal
- Interactive Problem Selection UI: Added sophisticated problem selection interface with preview functionality for easier debugging workflow
- Line Number Information: Enhanced code selections now include precise line number information for better context sharing
- Problem Selector with Preview: Visual problem browser with code preview to quickly identify and share relevant issues with Claude
- Developer Experience: Improved problem navigation and code sharing workflows
- Context Accuracy: Better precision in code location sharing through line number integration
- UI/UX: More intuitive problem selection interface with visual previews
- Context Menu Integration: Added "Add to Claude Code Input" option to editor context menu for selected code
- VSCode Problems Integration: Direct integration with VSCode's problems panel for enhanced error handling and reporting
- Selection-to-Input: Seamlessly add selected code snippets directly to Claude Code input for analysis
- Developer Workflow: Improved integration with VSCode's native features for a more streamlined coding experience
- Code Analysis: Better support for sharing selected code segments with Claude for targeted assistance
- Input Field Scrolling: Fixed issue where long file paths would create unwanted horizontal scrollbars in the input field
- Text Wrapping: Improved text wrapping behavior so long content wraps to new lines instead of extending beyond the visible area
- Visual Consistency: Enhanced input field display for better readability with long file names and paths
- Async Terminal Communication: Enhanced terminal communication with proper async support
- Exit Command Integration: Improved session management with proper exit command handling
- Custom Slash Commands: Full support for custom slash commands with configuration
- Slash command suggestions and auto-completion
- Custom command service for extensible functionality
- Documentation for custom slash commands usage
- Input Field UI: Fixed input field behavior and scrolling for better usability
- Input Field Cropping: Resolved UI cropping issues with the input field
- TypeScript Errors: Removed unused imports causing compilation errors
- Slash Command Duplication: Fixed duplication of custom slash commands in menu UI
- Terminal Session Management: Improved restart functionality with proper session continuity
- UI Responsiveness: Enhanced input field behavior and user interaction
- Code Quality: Cleaned up imports and resolved TypeScript issues
- Custom Slash Commands Guide: Added comprehensive documentation for creating and using custom slash commands
- README Updates: Improved documentation with better examples and usage instructions
- Enhanced drag and drop functionality with improved user interface
- Comprehensive file handling for both VSCode Explorer and external sources
- Visual feedback during drag operations
- Better handling of image files with proper preview functionality
- Support for multiple file types from various sources
- Proper path resolution for relative/absolute paths
- Terminal visibility improvements
- Custom slash commands support with configuration
- Documentation for custom slash commands usage
- Updated restart button to properly exit current Claude session with
/exitcommand and start a new one with the-cflag to continue the previous session - Improved session continuity between restarts
- Updated README with new images and improved layout
- Show terminal in the background before sending text to preserve focus
- Update image button to use SVG icon and adjust styles for better integration
- Initial release of Claude Code VSCode Extension
- Interactive chat interface with Claude Code
- Terminal input webview in sidebar
- Support for images (drag & drop, paste, file selection)
- @mentions for workspace problems and terminal output
- Slash commands for quick access to Claude features
- Session persistence within VSCode
- Auto-start Claude process on activation
- Restart command for Claude process
- Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting
- Copy code and text from responses
- Clear conversation functionality
- Launch Claude Code terminal from command palette or sidebar
- Persistent conversation history during VSCode session
- Real-time status indicators for Claude process state
- Error handling and automatic recovery
- Support for multiple image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG)
- Context-aware mentions for problems and terminal output
- Session history is not persisted after VSCode restart
- Full workspace context sharing is still in development