Compile only the active workspace instead of all

[jerehut]

How can I make the "Watch Sass" button to only generate CSS for the active workspace? It just generated CSS files for 10 different workspaces for me. Did I do something wrong?

[glenn2223]

Did I do something wrong?

No, nothing wrong. The extension is designed to watch the entire solution, not individual workspaces.

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The closest you can get is to disable liveSassCompile.settings.compileOnWatch. Then only saving a partial file compiles the entire project

[glenn2223]

Thinking about this. I could possibly add a setting that works on the active workspace only.

It's worth noting that workspaces are all treaded equally^[1], so there is no such thing as an "active" or "primary" workspace. However, if there is an active file open then I can determine its workspace folder and work to that.

Feature

This means that saving a partial file will only compile files in the current workspace

[glenn2223]

Discussion point

Name and Setup

Name: liveSassCompile.settings.workspacesAreLinked

Setup: A boolean, defaulted to true. Set to false to work on only the current workspace.

[glenn2223]

Discussion point

What to do when...

When false and there is no active file, do we:

• throw an error and stop processing, or
• instead, compile everything

Personally, I prefer the latter