Compound Tasks Settings

Table of Contents

  1. workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.defaultExecutionType
  2. workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.includeVsCodeCompoundTasks
  3. Related

workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.defaultExecutionType

Type: string Default: "sequential" Options: "sequential", "parallel"

The default execution mode for new compound tasks (queues).

  • sequential - Tasks in the queue run one after the other, in order
  • parallel - All tasks in the queue start simultaneously

This value is used when a compound task is created without an explicit execution type. Existing compound tasks that have an explicitly saved type are not affected.

Example:

{
  "workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.defaultExecutionType": "sequential"
}

workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.includeVsCodeCompoundTasks

Type: boolean Default: false

When true, compound tasks defined in the workspace’s .vscode/tasks.json file (tasks that use dependsOn) are also shown in the Compound Tasks tree. When false, only compound tasks managed by this extension are shown.

Example:

{
  "workspaceTasks.compoundTasks.includeVsCodeCompoundTasks": true
}


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