Today I cannot find the “libraries” selection in the Platformio project tasks list. Where did it go?
I know I can access libraries from the PlatformIO tab, but did the libraries choice get removed from the project tasks list?
I can’t remember a “library task”. Do you mean the Library Manager? PlatformIO Home — PlatformIO latest documentation
Yes, “Library manager” but I used to get to it from the sidebar menu instead of having to open the Platformio home.
What you’re looking for is located in QUICK ACCESS:
If QUICK ACCESS is not visible you click the three dots in the upper right corner and check Quick Access:
Thanks, that’s exactly like I remember… I am using Cursor, perhaps they changed things… I do not see the three dots to turn on Quick Access.
It’s really not critical since I can still get to libraries by clicking on the home icon at the bottom of the screen to bring up the platformio window (tab).
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Ahhh, now I got it… I thought you where using keyboard cursor keys to navigate instead of navigating with the mouse. But you meant an editor / IDE called “Cursor”. I didn’t know that this editor even exists…LOL
“Cursor” is not in the list of supported IDE’s: Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence · PlatformIO
Maybe there is an alternative way to enable / disable settings in Cursor.
Cursor is an Ai wrapper on VSC.
A tip to try: vscode supports “Profiles” now where you can have different extensions installed or not for each profile. Same with settings, etc.
For those of us who do lots of different things with vscode, this really helps avoid a lot of clutter because, if using PlatformIO for example, we can just have a profile that has only the PlatformIO extension and the others we want to use with it installed, then if editing web pages etc you can just switch to another profile and all the unrelated controls/options/etc go away.
This can really save a lot of trouble with the ability to have different settings for different activities.
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Sorry, but I can’t see a relation to the original question.
The question was clearly about the PlatformIO extension.
The user suggested that quick access might have disappeared from the list due to another extension, so I posted that to suggest ways to avoid extension/config conflicts.
Cursor is not a VS Code extension, it’s a VS Code clone…
Apparently there’s also an extension, which is probably why I was confused… CodeCursor (Cursor for VS Code) - Visual Studio Marketplace
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As it turns out, I had to do a new install of Cursor after an update to Win11. Libraries still does not appear under the Platformio extension menu. Nothing found in Profiles that could help (but I should learn more about Profiles since I would really like to retain my windows layout for each time I start a new project).
I will just live with clicking on the home icon in the lower taskbar. But thanks.