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I have an absolute path to a file (/path_to_file/file.file) embedded in my code, which is open in the VSCode editor. I want to create a shortcut to quickly open this file by either just clicking on the path or highlighting the path and pressing a shortcut.

// my code blabla
file = "/path_to_file/file.file"

I have something like this in mind, only it does not work:

keybindings.json:

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+y",
        "command": "editor.action.openFileAtPath",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

The command editor.action.openFileAtPath does not exist. Is there an alternative?

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  1. 0

    With the help of the extensions HTML Related Links and Command Variable

      {
    "key": "ctrl+y",
    "command": "htmlRelatedLinks.openFile",
    "args": {
      "file": "${command:selecttxt}",
      "method": "vscode.open",
      "viewColumn": "2",
      "command": {
        "selecttxt": {
          "command": "extension.commandvariable.transform",
          "args": { "text": "${selectedText}" }
        }
      }
    }
  }

    If the file paths have a particular pattern in the file you can use the setting html-related-links.include and the extension will create Ctrl+Click links.

    The pattern could be all strings that start with a /:

      "html-related-links.include": {
    "python": [
      { "find": ""(/[^"]+)"", "isAbsolutePath ": true }
    ]
  }
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  2. 0

    You will need an extension to do this. Another option is the Find and Transform extension (which I wrote). The necessary code is very small. This keybinding will find the path around the cursor – in your case assuming it is surrounded by quotes.

    {
  "key": "alt+q",                // whatever keybinding you like
  "command": "findInCurrentFile",
  "args": {
    "description": "Open absolute path around cursor",  // whatever you want here
    
    "find": "(?<=")([^"]+)(?=")",  // assumes path is bounded by quotes
    "isRegex": true,
    "restrictFind": "matchAroundCursor",  // put cursor anywhere on the path
    
    "run": [
      "$${",
                          // uses the regex capture group $1 from the find
        "const uri = vscode.Uri.file( '$1' );",   // treat $1 as a string
        "vscode.commands.executeCommand('vscode.open', uri);",
      "}$$",
    ]
  }
},

    keybinding to open an absolute path from the file

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