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How to get vscode help > about information

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I am developing an extension using the vscode API. How do I get the help > about information in the top menu of vscode?

Not the entire text, but if I want to get the OS I want to get the string Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Solution

  • For the OS entry in Help/About, you can use the os API available in Node.JS. Specifically the type(), arch() and release() functions.

    Something like this will return the exact same content:

       const os = require("node:os");

   console.log(`OS: ${os.type()} ${os.arch()} ${os.release()}`);

    Tested on Windows and MacOS computers.