Find what is already yours.
Large extension libraries make the marketplace noisy. A dedicated installed state lets developers collapse that search space immediately.
Open-source contribution · 2025
Visual Studio
Code.
A focused contribution to the Extensions view: making installed extensions easier to isolate, inspect, and manage inside a tool developers use every day.
01 THE CHANGE
A small control with
daily utility.
The work was deliberately narrow: understand an established product surface, fit within its interaction language, and improve a common extension-management task without adding friction elsewhere.
Work inside the system.
The change connected the Extensions view controls to existing filter behavior and respected the conventions of a mature TypeScript and Electron codebase.
Less navigation overhead.
The result is a clearer path to auditing, disabling, and managing installed tools from the same surface developers already understand.
02 CONTRIBUTION PATH
From intent to
rendered state.
Place the option where users already look for marketplace and local filters.
Represent the user’s intent consistently with the view’s existing filter model.
Integrate the state with the established extension query and list behavior.
Return a concise list of extensions already present in the environment.
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In context.
REAL PROJECT MATERIAL · 02 FRAMES
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