Open a new pio terminal and use the following command:
pio run -t nobuild -t upload
You can also edit the toolbar and add this as an extra icon.
- Click the VS Code Gear Icon
- Choose “Settings”
- Navigate to “Extensions / PlatformIO IDE”
- Toolbar → choose "Edit in settings
Edit the toolbar like so:
...
"platformio-ide.toolbar": [
{
"text": "$(debug-step-out)",
"tooltip": "PlatformIO: Upload without build",
"commands": [
{
"id": "platformio-ide.runPIOCoreCommand",
"args": "pio run -t nobuild -t upload"
}
]
},
...