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Nothing to configure — it just works.\n\n## What it does\n\n- Adds a 🔍 **Filter** button to the Explorer view title bar (after the *Collapse Folders* icon).\n- Clicking it focuses the Explorer and opens its built-in filter, which **prunes the tree to matching files** as you type.\n\n## How it works\n\n**1. A new Filter button appears in the Explorer toolbar** — right after *Collapse Folders*:\n\n![Filter button in the Explorer toolbar](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mayerwin/explorer-file-filter/main/images/screenshot-1-button.png)\n\n**2. Click it and the filter opens instantly:**\n\n![Explorer filter open](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mayerwin/explorer-file-filter/main/images/screenshot-2-open.png)\n\n**3. Type, and the tree narrows to matching files:**\n\n![Explorer filter in action](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mayerwin/explorer-file-filter/main/images/screenshot-3-filtered.png)\n\nPress `Esc` to clear and close the filter.\n\n## Why\n\nVS Code can already filter the Explorer tree — when the Explorer is focused you can open the filter with `Ctrl+Alt+F` (Windows/Linux), `⌥⌘F` / `Cmd+Alt+F` (macOS), or `F3` — but that shortcut is hidden and many people never discover it. This extension surfaces the same filter as an obvious toolbar button, exactly where you'd expect to find it.\n\n## Filter mode\n\nSo the filter **prunes** the tree (rather than only highlighting matches), the extension sets the built-in setting `workbench.list.defaultFindMode` to `filter` the first time it runs. This is a standard VS Code setting that applies to tree filters — you can change it back at any time in Settings.\n\n## Troubleshooting\n\n**The Filter button disappeared from the Explorer toolbar?**\n\nVS Code lets you hide toolbar buttons (through the `…` menu, or by right-clicking them). If the Filter button gets hidden, re-checking it in the `…` menu only returns it to the overflow menu — it won't re-pin to the toolbar. To bring the icon back:\n\n\u003e **Right-click any Explorer toolbar icon (or the Explorer title bar) → \"Reset Menu\".**\n\nThat restores the default toolbar, Filter button included. This is standard VS Code behavior and applies to every toolbar button, not just this one.\n\n## Install\n\n- **Marketplace:** search for *Explorer File Filter* in the Extensions view, or install from the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mayerwin.explorer-file-filter).\n- **From a `.vsix`:** download the latest from [Releases](https://github.com/mayerwin/explorer-file-filter/releases) and run *Extensions: Install from VSIX…*.\n\n## License\n\n[MIT](LICENSE) © Erwin Mayer\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmayerwin%2Fexplorer-file-filter","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmayerwin%2Fexplorer-file-filter","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmayerwin%2Fexplorer-file-filter/lists"}