Go back to C# SOLUTION EXPLORER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sebastriani]

Describe the feature you'd like

Who in the world thought that the new "C# PROJECT DETAILS" is a better idea than the previous "SOLUTION EXPLORER"???

The Solution Explorer allowed to have a CLEAN view of the project files without noise from the other filles/folders/temp files/temp folders!!!

Now the PROJECT DETAILS only shows Dependencies and we have to work with the File Explorer with all the noise that brings... Are you out of your minds???? (mantainers of C# Dev Kit)

This new update v1.120.0 or the C# Dev Kit update 3.20.195 (I don't know which of the two, I suppose Dev Kit) now creates a .lscache file for each .csproj so another more noisy file that we have to see in the File Explorer which would not have been visible in the Solution Explorer.

What's up with you? I sincerely don't understand this change.

Alternatives considered

With this change, anything but keep using VS Code

Environment Information

Debian Trixie

[cuongngoht]

Same issues

[oolleegg55]

I can't understand these changes. Solution Explorer allowed me to work with the project comfortably and get the same experience as Visual Studio.

[krislao]

The option to create a solution (.sln or .slnx) using the Command Palette > .NET: New Project is also gone.

[amishratnasthapit]

Same problem here. This just makes the project view much more cluttered and diverging from the Visual Studio flow we know and love.

[Sebastriani]

I can't understand these changes. Solution Explorer allowed me to work with the project comfortably and get the same experience as Visual Studio.

I'm sure it's something that makes their lives easier, not ours. But as with most companies, they try to market it as an 'enhancement'.

[jpcab]

i'll use Rider until this 'enhancement' is enhanced further.

[junjian-yuan]

Every time there’s an update notification, I dare not update right away — because every single time, something inexplicably breaks!
And this latest update is even more ridiculous — it actually created a .lscache file for every single project!
On top of that, it shows absolutely nothing except the dependencies!

[Sebastriani]

This change is obviosly trying to get rid of the SOLUTION EXPLORER, probably because they don't want to keep maitaining it, who knows. But this change is just that, it makes SOLUTION EXLORER useless while the FILE EXPLORER keeps being useless from a Solution/Projects view perspective. Bravo C# Dev Kit Team!!!

[Mixxy3k]

I think changes to integrated view are okay and I know there are people that use it over solution explorer for reasons BUT that doesn't mean you should take away files in Solution Explorer. Ideally it should be an setting enabled by default.

For people who don't like this change like me reminder that in VS Cose we can always go back to previous version of extension. I know it wont work forever but at least it will for now.

Quick tutorial

1. Go to extensions select C# Dev Kit, click arrow next to Uninstall button and select Install Specific Version...

2. Select 3.10.14, if changes did not apply restart VS Code

[nicholasyin]

I need 2 features the most:

1. The ability to focus on one solution, making it look virtually close to Solution Explorer view;
2. The ability to collapse related files, e.g. multiple appsettings.json, multiple partial files with different names.

[L-Mancio]

It's usually good product management to not COMPLETELY CHANGE how users should use your product

[benitkibabu1]

Pleas go back to solution explorer, I can't even see the code anymore, just the dependencies

[okmarshall]

This is a horrible change. The Solution Explorer is absolutely pivotal for viewing projects in a logical way. At the very least we need the option to go back to the old way. I've re-installed an older version and turned off auto-update until this is addressed.