File association to custom icons in `.vscode/extensions/icons` seems to no more work

[MohamedLamineAllal]

Describe the bug File association to custom icons in .vscode/extensions/icons seems to no more work

• vscode versino

  Version: 1.82.2 (Universal)
  Commit: abd2f3db4bdb28f9e95536dfa84d8479f1eb312d
  Date: 2023-09-14T05:59:47.790Z (1 wk ago)
  Electron: 25.8.1
  ElectronBuildId: 23779380
  Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
  Node.js: 18.15.0
  V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
  OS: Darwin arm64 22.6.0

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

add icon to

.vscode/extensions/icons

• red.svg

  "material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "**.j2": "../../icons/red"
  },

• or "*.j2" or filename of a file

doesn't work

  "material-icon-theme.languages.associations": {
    "ansible-jinja": "../../icons/red"
  }

• doesn't work either

Expected behavior

See the icons change. As the above does follow the doc.

Or set a custom folder path setting, like vscode-icons does and it works well.

Screenshots

Icons not changing

• Not automatically
• Not after window reload

Folder structure

.vscode/settings,json

  "files.associations": {
    "ansible/**/*.yml": "ansible",
    "*.cnf": "ini",
    "*.cfg": "ini",
    "*.j2": "ansible-jinja"
  },

 "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
  "material-icon-theme.activeIconPack": "react_redux",

User settings

"workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
  "material-icon-theme.activeIconPack": "none",
  "material-icon-theme.opacity": 0.7,
  "material-icon-theme.folders.theme": "none"

Computer information (please complete the following information):

• OS edition: Macos (Apple m1 arm)
• OS build: Ventrua 13.5.2
• Browser chrome
• Version: 4.30.1
• VSCode version: supplied above

[illyrius666]

i have the same issue where using custom icons in the .vscode/extensions/icons folder doesnt work.

[PKief]

In which settings file did you put your icon definitions? It's important to mention, that you can only use the user settings for this feature, not the workspace settings

[Omarov3000]

I have the same issue

"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "test.ts": "../../icons/t"
  }

Tested in workspace & user settings. Everything is updated to the latest version.

[PKief]

I have the same issue

"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "test.ts": "../../icons/t"
  }

Tested in workspace & user settings. Everything is updated to the latest version.

I just tried the exact same setting and it was working. Can you check the developer tools of your VS Code instance and look for error messages regarding this icon?

[iscorporacion]

The reality is that this does not work, the only solution was to copy my icons folder to the extensions folder of c:/users/your-user/.vscode-insider/icons, but it seems like an unacceptable solution to me, it works in workspace and user settings

[zhaohuanyuu]

I have the same issue

"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
    "test.ts": "../../icons/t"
  }

Tested in workspace & user settings. Everything is updated to the latest version.

I just tried the exact same setting and it was working. Can you check the developer tools of your VS Code instance and look for error messages regarding this icon?

Same issue, It uses the root directory .vscode instead of the workspace

[jamiehaywood]

I think it's an issue with VSCode insiders