Opening VS Code settings window from extension with specific search query

Question

I am writing a VS Code extension where I want to open the settings window programmatically from my extension. I want the window to already have the search filled out to only

Answer 1

You can open the Settings page using:

vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.openSettings');

And to focus on the search input:

vscode.commands.executeCommand('settings.action.search');

However, I do not believe it's possible to specify a search value, filter by an extension, or choose the scope (user or workspace). You may open a feature request in the GitHub repo.