🔍 Visualize your AL objects in a tree view, filter and navigate directly in VS Code
AL Object Visualizer is a VS Code extension that displays AL objects in a filterable tree view with customizable badges and colors, helping developers navigate and manage multiple files across projects efficiently.
post Gerardo Rentería Blog
"displays all AL objects classified by type in a tree, decorates them with Unicode badges and colors to identify them at a glance"
Key points
- Automatically decorates AL files with Unicode badges and colors in the Explorer based on object type
- Groups all workspace objects by type in a statistics panel with configurable folder nesting levels
- Supports real-time text and regex filtering to quickly locate specific AL objects
- Allows direct file opening from filtered results and provides quick picker selection by object type
Quotes
- “displays all AL objects classified by type in a tree, decorates them with Unicode badges and colors to identify them at a glance” (Core feature enabling quick visual identification of object types across large workspaces)
Context
- Features: Explorer decorations with badges and colors, Statistics panel with object grouping, Real-time text filtering, Regular expression filtering, Quick Pick selector, Automatic refresh on file save, Configurable folder grouping depth, Customizable badges and colors
Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.