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The hosted location of the application On desktop this is 'desktop' In the web this is the specified embedder i.e. 'github.dev', 'codespaces', or 'web' if the embedder does not provide that information

The application name of the editor, like 'VS Code'.

The application root folder from which the editor is running.

The system clipboard.

Indicates that this is a fresh install of the application. true if within the first day of installation otherwise false.

Indicates whether the users has telemetry enabled. Can be observed to determine if the extension should send telemetry.

Represents the preferred user-language, like de-CH, fr, or en-US.

The current log level of the editor.

A unique identifier for the computer.

An Event which fires when the log level of the editor changes.

An Event which fires when the default shell changes. This fires with the new shell path.

An Event which fires when the user enabled or disables telemetry. true if the user has enabled telemetry or false if the user has disabled telemetry.

The name of a remote. Defined by extensions, popular samples are wsl for the Windows Subsystem for Linux or ssh-remote for remotes using a secure shell.

A unique identifier for the current session. Changes each time the editor is started.

The detected default shell for the extension host, this is overridden by the terminal.integrated.defaultProfile setting for the extension host's platform. Note that in environments that do not support a shell the value is the empty string.

The UI kind property indicates from which UI extensions are accessed from. For example, extensions could be accessed from a desktop application or a web browser.

The custom uri scheme the editor registers to in the operating system.

Resolves a uri to a form that is accessible externally.

Creates a new telemetry logger.

Opens a link externally using the default application. Depending on the used scheme this can be: