Commands

You can access the following commands from the Visual Studio Code command pallet, typically accessed by pressing ctrl + shift + p and typing the command name you'd like to use from the table below.

Name Description
ROS2: Create Terminal Create a terminal with the ROS environment.
ROS2: Show Status Open a detail view showing ROS core runtime status.
ROS2: Start Start ROS1 core or ROS2 Daemon.
ROS2: Stop Terminate ROS core or ROS2 Daemon.
ROS2: Update C++ Properties Update the C++ IntelliSense configuration to include ROS and your ROS components.
ROS2: Update Python Path Update the Python IntelliSense configuration to include ROS.
ROS2: Preview URDF Preview URDF and Xacro files. The display will update after the root URDF changes are saved.
ROS2: Install ROS Dependencies for this workspace using rosdep Shortcut for rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y.