New Features for CMake Targets View in Visual Studio
summary
Visual Studio’s CMake Targets View gains two direct entry points (toolbar View CMake targets and folder context menu), target pinning with multi-select and pin targets persist across sessions, an exclude via VS workspace settings.json macro that hides projects/targets/folders/files with simple regex (no double-star globbing), a Show All Files toggle, a Sync with Active Document button that opens the containing target, concatenated single-child folder paths to reduce clicks, and automatic F5 startup/debugging once CMake finishes configuring.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to CMake view
- 0:25Navigating to the view
- 1:49Pinning targets
- 4:42Excluding targets
- 9:06View display options
- 10:52Improving deep navigation
- 12:00Debugging and conclusion
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