Add cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget command to set both targets simultaneously (#4732)

* Initial plan

* feat: add cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget command to set both targets at once

Co-authored-by: snehara99 <[email protected]>

* docs: add selectBuildAndLaunchTarget to CHANGELOG.md under 1.23 features

Co-authored-by: snehara99 <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: snehara99 <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Features:
 - Add command to clear build diagnostics from the Problems pane. [#4691](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4691)
 - Add individual CTest test nodes to the Project Outline with inline run/debug buttons, and enable debugging tests from both the Outline and Test Explorer without requiring a launch.json. [#4721](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4721)
 - Add "Delete Cache, Reconfigure and Build" command that chains cache deletion, reconfiguration, and build into a single action. [#4723](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4723)
+- Add "Set Build and Launch/Debug Target" command that sets both the build target and launch target simultaneously. [#4732](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/pull/4732)
 
 Improvements:
 - Improve CMake syntax highlighting with command-scoped keyword rules, expanded variable recognition, and better generator-expression support. Remove obsolete deprecated-keyword entries that caused false positives on user-defined names. [#4709](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4709) [#4508](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4508) [#4613](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/4613)

package.json

@@ -795,6 +795,12 @@
         "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet",
         "category": "CMake"
       },
+      {
+        "command": "cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget",
+        "title": "%cmake-tools.command.cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget.title%",
+        "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet",
+        "category": "CMake"
+      },
       {
         "command": "cmake.outline.setLaunchTarget",
         "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet",
@@ -1442,6 +1448,10 @@
           "command": "cmake.selectLaunchTarget",
           "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet"
         },
+        {
+          "command": "cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget",
+          "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet"
+        },
         {
           "command": "cmake.stop",
           "when": "cmake:enableFullFeatureSet"

package.nls.json

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.launchTarget.title": "Run Without Debugging",
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.launchTargetAll.title": "Run All Projects Without Debugging",
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.selectLaunchTarget.title": "Set Launch/Debug Target",
+    "cmake-tools.command.cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget.title": "Set Build and Launch/Debug Target",
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.stop.title": "Cancel Build",
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.stopAll.title": "Cancel Build for All Projects",
     "cmake-tools.command.cmake.resetState.title": {

src/cmakeProject.ts

@@ -2643,6 +2643,21 @@ export class CMakeProject {
         return this.setLaunchTargetByName(name);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Implementation of `cmake.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget`
+     * Sets both the build target and the launch target simultaneously.
+     */
+    async selectBuildAndLaunchTarget(name?: string): Promise<string | null> {
+        const result = await this.setLaunchTargetByName(name);
+        if (result !== null) {
+            const launchTargetName = this._launchTargetName.value;
+            if (launchTargetName) {
+                await this.setDefaultBuildTarget(launchTargetName);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Used by vscode and as test interface
      */

src/extension.ts

@@ -1918,6 +1918,10 @@ export class ExtensionManager implements vscode.Disposable {
         return this.runCMakeCommand(cmakeProject => cmakeProject.selectLaunchTarget(name), folder, undefined, undefined, sourceDir);
     }
 
+    selectBuildAndLaunchTarget(folder?: vscode.WorkspaceFolder, name?: string, sourceDir?: string) {
+        return this.runCMakeCommand(cmakeProject => cmakeProject.selectBuildAndLaunchTarget(name), folder, undefined, undefined, sourceDir);
+    }
+
     async resetState(folder?: vscode.WorkspaceFolder) {
         telemetry.logEvent("resetExtension");
         if (folder) {
@@ -2471,6 +2475,7 @@ async function setup(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, progress?: ProgressHandle
         'launchTarget',
         'launchTargetAll',
         'selectLaunchTarget',
+        'selectBuildAndLaunchTarget',
         'setDefaultTarget',
         'resetState',
         'openSettings',