Create profiles that define which extensions should be loaded and set profiles per workspace

[WouterDeKort]

The number of extensions for VS Code is growing enormously. Now that I've been using VS Code for a while, I find myself installing more and more extensions. Not all extensions are required all the time. This is especially true for extensions that change the UI (like the Docker extension).

What I would like to have is the ability to create certain Profiles that describe which extensions I want to be active. I can then switch VS Code to a Profile such as WebDev, Docker, C# or PowerShell and automatically load the relevant extensions. I can also load multiple profiles at the same time.

I can also configure a Profile per workspace so that VS Code automatically loads the correct extensions when I open a project. Profiles shared this way will show popups similar to what we already have for extensions with recommendations that a profile is installed and the relevant extensions are installed/loaded.

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Feature Request: Editor/Extension profiles per project (#40109)
• Feature Request: Search Profiles (#42350)
• Too long path of an extension side effects in Windows flipping to TEMP user profile (#8959)

[WouterDeKort]

Feature Request: Editor/Extension profiles per project (#40109) is a duplicate.