Is it possible to add an icon in Activity bar of Visual Studio Code that will trigger a keyboard shortcut like Ctrl Shift P. Or executing a command from Command Palette.

CodePudding user response：

Only extensions can add an icon in the activity bar (officially called a "views container"). They cannot trigger a command, though. See the official documentation here:

https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-capabilities/extending-workbench https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_23#_custom-activity-bar-views

However, maybe these extensions might fit your needs, they allows creation of custom commands in the status bar or the editor menu bar:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seunlanlege.action-buttons https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jerrygoyal.shortcut-menu-bar