Add option to have no part of the file name pre-filled

[bdougherty]

There doesn't seem to be a way to have just the path show up in the field. I find that most of the time, the filled in file extension is not what I want.

{
	"newFile.defaultBaseFileName": "",
	"newFile.defaultFileExtension": ""
}

I set those options but the file extension is still filled in.

[dkundel]

I think the VS Code extension API falls back to the default value in that case. The defaultFileExtension should only be set atm if you don't have any file open. Otherwise it should always use the same extension as the current file which at least for me works great in most cases. There are rare cases where I have to change it.

I'm happy to merge a PR to accept "" as a valid option. Maybe this should be combined with a new option "disableSmartExtension" to turn off the extension guessing if desired.

Cheers,
Dominik

[Telokis]

@bdougherty Any feedback on dkundel's answer?

[bdougherty]

The disableSmartExtension option sounds like a good solution to me.

[Telokis]

So, let me recap:

• Add an option named disableSmartExtension which will prevent the extension from being deducted from the current file. (

  vscode-new-file/src/file-controller.ts

  Line 121 in 0ba5ceb

  const ext: string = path.extname(currentFileName) || defaultExtension;

  )
• Don't forget to update the way we find selectionBoundsForFileName (

  vscode-new-file/src/file-controller.ts

  Lines 154 to 157 in 0ba5ceb

  	const selectionBoundsForFileName: [number, number] = [
  	defaultFileValue.lastIndexOf(path.sep) + 1,
  	defaultFileValue.lastIndexOf('.'),
  	];

  ) to have nothing selected in that case. (Otherwise it would select the directory name which is not very user-friendly)

If someone feels like doing this, it's not that hard to implement.