VSCode Copy Relative Path with posix forward slashes

Question

VSC newbie here.

I'm trying to right-click on my projects' files and selecting Copy Relative Path, the thing is I get the path like this: node_modules\bootstrap\dist\css\bootstrap.min.css

when what I actually need is this: node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css

Where can I change these settings to avoid the manual editing, It's really time consuming.

Thanks for your help.

Stays

Answer 1

As of vscode 1.59 you can enable using the / separator even on Windows for the Copy Relative Path command.

Explorer: Copy Relative Path Separator set to /.

explorer.copyRelativePathSeparator

• auto (default): Uses operating system specific path separation character
• /: Use slash as path separation character
• \\: Use backslash as path separation character

See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/56279

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For the same ability to designate the path separator for the copy full path (tab context menu: Copy Path) command, there is an issue with a PR awaiting resolution: Allow to configure the which slash is used when copying a path.

Iceskate

Perfect, this made my day. Absolutely essential if you are using the (Git) Bash terminal on Windows VSCode. For instance if you want to do a git diff main -- my/foo/bar/relative/path whereas the default (auto) behavior will barf on git diff main -- my\foo\bar\relative\path – Weekender

Answer 2

I think it's because you used Windows, which uses \ instead of / in paths. I suggest using raw strings in the path. For example: r'node_modules\bootstrap\dist\css\bootstrap.min.css'.

Another way to change all the \ to / is by using the replace function in vscode!

Merrill