Settings

Settings are how a user can configure your extension. Settings can be inputs boxes, booleans, dropdowns, lists, key/value pairs. If your extension requires the user to configure specific settings, you can open the Settings UI and query your extension setting via the setting ID.

✔️ Do

• Add default values to each setting
• Add clear descriptions to each setting
• Link to documentation for complicated settings
• Link to additional settings that are related
• Link to setting IDs when needing the user to configure specific settings

❌ Don't

• Create your own settings page/webview
• Create long descriptions

This example links to a specific setting using the setting ID.

Links

• Configuration contribution point