Cannot add libraries to project through lib manager

Libraries
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So I’m a complete noob to platformio…
I’m trying to use the library manager to add libraries to my project.
I search for the lib, find it and select it. Then there is a dropdown to “select a project”. However, my project is not listed, so it’s not possible to add the lib.
Older projects are listed just fine, just this new one isn’t.
Any help appreciated.

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Worse case, you find your library in https://registry.platformio.org/, copy-paste the “Installation” instruction line in your clip-board, e.g.

bblanchon/ArduinoJson@^6.21.2

then open the platformio.ini of the project, add, if not existing already, add a new line with

lib_deps =
   bblanchon/ArduinoJson@^6.21.2

per docs. Additional libraries can be added by just putting them in a new line, but must have at least two spaces before them.

On the UI path, you might try to use PIO Sidebar → PIO Home → “Open Project” dialog → your project folder, to have it appear in the list.

If this is not working, please file a report in Issues · platformio/platformio-vscode-ide · GitHub.

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Thanks, Max. That got me the libraries included so I could compile the program and upload it.
However, that project still does not show up in the “select project” dropdown list.
Baby steps, it’ll get there eventually. I still have a lot to learn. Platformio is a huge step from the Arduino IDE…