[FEATURE] - Improve "Disabled Projects" experience

[krutoo]

Hi, first of all, thanks for great extension!

I have project in list named as "something.js". When i rename it to just "something" (remove ".js")
i get error "Project already exists!".

What am I doing wrong?

• Mac OS Catalina
• VS Code 1.44.2
• Project Manager 10.12.0

[alefragnani]

Hi @krutoo ,

This message appears in two occasions:

• Using the Rename Project command in the Side Bar’s context menu
• Using the Save Project command in Command Palette

it checks for same name - case insensitive projects, so simply removing .js from the project name is a totally different name.

How did you renamed the project?

[krutoo]

@alefragnani I use context menu (right mouse button click) of list item in side bar - Rename project

[alefragnani]

@krutoo Maybe you have disabled project (using the Disable Project context menu.

You could check all your projects, using the Edit Projects command. It will open the projects.json file (where the projects are stored), then you can search for another project called something.

Hope this helps

[krutoo]

@alefragnani Yes, i have disable project with target name, thank you

[alefragnani]

@krutoo That’s great to see it works!

Thinking about it, I decided to reopen the issue, but now as an enhancement. I see at least two points possibilities:

• It should say there is a disabled project with the same name, and maybe provide alternatives (rename the disabled, provide another name, etc)
• It should have a Show disabled projects button on the top of the panel, so you could see them, when needed.

Hope this helps

[alefragnani]

Use eye-closed and eye from https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-codicons/dist/codicon.html

[alefragnani]

• Add a Show/Hide Disabled Projects Button in the Favorites view
• Disabled projects should be visually distinct, while visible
• Even disabled/hidden, projects should be considered alive so conflict should be correctly handled (original issue)