VS2017 - Please bring back file nesting in .NET Core projects

[ciel]

In Visual Studio 2015, we had file nesting via this amazing extension

However, in Visual Studio 2017 RC, that functionality no longer works outside of the built in file nesting for things like JavaScript/TypeScript.

This was a really valuable tool, and the author (@madskristensen) says that it can't be made to work in ASP.NET Core unless the tooling team makes changes. This was a very important part of my workflow for C# files, and I hope this is the right place to bring it up. I couldn't find another suggestion venue.

[scottaddie]

The nesting of the .bowerrc file under bower.json in an ASP.NET Core project is gone in VS 2017 RC as well. This nesting feature was particularly useful in reducing noise within Solution Explorer.

[mlorbetske]

Thanks for the suggestion! We're actively working on this at the moment

[ciel]

I'm really glad to hear it. I know this seems like a silly feature to some, but it's actually pretty major to me.

[mlorbetske]

TFS Bug#264170

[ciel]

Hey... I notice this is still broken in RC3. Is there any hope of this in RTM?

[stefan505]

Same with RC4. Any news?

[abpiskunov]

Due to outstanding amount of work in new csproj based project system we did not have time to do full support for custom nesting rules. It is scheduled for next update. However we did add a way for users to manipulate existing nesting rules via json file located here: C:\Users(youruser)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_(yourinstanceid)\toolSettings.json (now this file lives under your VS install path: Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Web Tools\ProjectSystem\toolSettings.json). You can deactivate some of the rules there or add some other file extensions, or change some rules order.

Please treat that json file as temporary workaround, don't build extensions around that until more permanent changes will be shipped in coming updates.

[ciel]

This is a good answer. Thank you. Not having the feature is frustrating, but just upfront being told why it isn't in there is very helpful.

[seangwright]

I would actually like to disable nesting of .ts files under .html files in the same directory.

I'm used to working in VS Code on browser based client applications and the rules for nesting (hiding) in that IDE are pretty customizable.

Is there a way to turn off nesting in ASP.NET Core projects in Visual Studio 2017?

I see that if I change the solution to a "Folder View" then the files are no longer nested. Is this my only option?