Add a context-menu submenu to add template items

[fallborker]

Describe the feature you'd like

Hey!
I dont know if this has been requested before, but:

In the old Solution Explorer view, we had an option to add specific items to the project (Class, Struct, Interface, etc...). It would be nice to add a "Add... >" submenu to the context-menu when right-clickling a folder on your workspace (if a project or solution is currently identified) - Kinda like what VS2022 does.

Would also be nice to allow for extensions to modify said submenu to add their own templates.

Best regards,
Fallbork

Alternatives considered

Currently we have to manually add files, type in the namespace, and the entire boilerplate code. Breaks the workflow...

Environment Information

OS Information:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.10-201.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
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Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15,4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: G3 3590

VSCode Information:

Version: 1.114.0
Commit: e7fb5e96c0730b9deb70b33781f98e2f35975036
Date: 2026-04-01T09:27:11Z
Electron: 39.8.3
ElectronBuildId: 13658728
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0

Extension Information

Name: C# Dev Kit
Id: ms-dotnettools.csdevkit
Description: Official C# extension from Microsoft
Version: 3.20.199
Publisher: Microsoft
VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csdevkit

[marekcambal]

This is currently one of the biggest productivity regressions introduced by replacing Solution Explorer with C# Project Details.

Previously, I could right-click a specific folder, select Add New Item, choose a .NET template (class, interface, Razor component, etc.), and the file was created exactly where I needed it.

Now, the only available workflow is to run .NET: New File, select a project, select a template, and then have the file created in the project root. After that, I have to manually move it to the correct folder. For larger solutions with deep folder structures, this is slow and disruptive.

The new context menu in the File Explorer is a good step, but it is missing the most frequently used action: creating files from .NET templates directly inside the selected folder.

Please restore the ability to create template-based files from the folder context where the file should actually be created. This was one of the most useful features of the previous Solution Explorer experience.

[Davilink]

In the mean time you can revert to the version 3.10.14, see #3067 (comment)