Feature request for option to hide / sort launch configurations used by compounds

[Hecatron]

Hi,

One thing I'm using at the moment is compounds within launch.json which is pretty awesome
to launch multiple launch configurations at the same time (such as javascript / .net core etc)

I was thinking it would be useful to have the option to hide or specify a launch configuration's position in the drop down when selecting the debugging profile (so for example you could set it to only show the compounds in the debug window drop down, or specify to move them to the top of the list)

Just as an example

{
   // Use IntelliSense to find out which attributes exist for C# debugging
   // Use hover for the description of the existing attributes
   // For further information visit https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger-launchjson.md
   "version": "0.2.0",
   "compounds": [
        {
            // The only thing to show up in the list
            "name": "Debug ASP.Net Core & Chrome",
            "configurations": ["Launch .NET Core", "Launch Chrome"]
        }
    ],
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Launch Chrome",
            "type": "chrome",
            "request": "launch",
            "url": "http://localhost:1111/",
            "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/wwwroot",
            "visible": "false" // Defaults to true
            "sortorder": "1"  // Specifies to be at the top of the list if visible
        },
        {
            "name": "Launch .NET Core",
            "type": "coreclr",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "build",
            "visible": "false"
            // If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.1/AspNetCore.Vue.Bootstrap1.dll",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
            "launchBrowser": {
                // Use the seperate chrome debugger profile instead
                // To allow debugging of javascript in the vscode ide
                "enabled": false,
                "args": "${auto-detect-url}",
                "windows": {
                    "command": "cmd.exe",
                    "args": "/C start ${auto-detect-url}"
                },
                "osx": {
                    "command": "open"
                },
                "linux": {
                    "command": "xdg-open"
                }
            },
            "env": {
                "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
            },
            "sourceFileMap": {
                "/Views": "${workspaceFolder}/Views"
            }
        }
    ,]
}

[isidorn]

For now you can edit your launch.json to produce the same effect (by commenting out configuraiotns and reordering them).
Leaving this open as a feature request

[Hecatron]

If you comment out a configuration, doesn't this prevent the compound from using it though?

[isidorn]

@grbd that is correct. I misunderstood what you are exactly trying to achieve.

This could be done by adding an attribute to the launch configuration to make them invisible in the ui, but that they can still be referenced by the compounds. THough noithing on our immediate plan/

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[isidorn]

We are actually reconsidering this.
Appologies for opening a new issue #82332
You can follow that one for more details