change upload sketch

[5shekel]

hoepfully its my lack of reading.

i am trying to change arduino.sketch to a different one in the workspace.
aside from manually changing
"sketch": "calib\\calib.ino",

i cant find a way.

[lacerto]

I also use workspaces with multiple subdirectories containing sketches and did not find a way to change the main sketch either.

If you delete "sketch" in arduino.json and try to verify or upload a sketch then the extension lets you select it from a list.
So the feature is there, it just needs to be added to the command palette, I think.

As a workaround I just wrote a task to set the value of "sketch" to the currently open file in the editor.

[ShixiangWang]

I have the same issue. I cannot change sketch when changing to another .ino file.

[Khobalt]

Same

[danielsiwiec]

Same - this would be a nice feature to have. Perhaps an action like Upload current file

[Oskar-V]

+1

[MatthewSteeves]

I also use workspaces with multiple subdirectories containing sketches and did not find a way to change the main sketch either.

If you delete "sketch" in arduino.json and try to verify or upload a sketch then the extension lets you select it from a list.
So the feature is there, it just needs to be added to the command palette, I think.

As a workaround I just wrote a task to set the value of "sketch" to the currently open file in the editor.

Good idea re: workaround using task! Care to share the details?

[lacerto]

Good idea re: workaround using task! Care to share the details?

Sure. It's nothing fancy just a Python script overwriting arduino.json:
https://gist.github.com/lacerto/2a0e7f0102c02e5d01784573abc43736

The same can surely be accomplished with a couple of built-in command line utilities, maybe using jq or some other command line json processor. It was easier for me with Python.

[jgoeders]

Sure. It's nothing fancy just a Python script overwriting arduino.json:
https://gist.github.com/lacerto/2a0e7f0102c02e5d01784573abc43736

The same can surely be accomplished with a couple of built-in command line utilities, maybe using jq or some other command line json processor. It was easier for me with Python.

Thanks, this worked well. I had to change it to:

 "command": "python",
 "args": [
       "set_main_sketch.py",
       "${workspaceRoot}",
       "${relativeFile}" // the current opened file relative to workspaceFolder
  ],

to get it to work in Windows. Also, although it changes, the status bar the bottom of VS Code doesn't reflect the change. I'm not sure how to trigger a refresh there.

[maddogjt]

PR #1128 should cover this