Extension overview

The extension uses three distinct VS Code surfaces: Activity Bar sidebar views for discovery, docked Panel views for compact task monitoring, and Webview editors for detailed work. Sidebar collections are lazy-loaded where collections can be large; singleton editors preserve their state while you switch between tabs.

Sidebar sections

Section	Purpose	Primary actions
Profiles	Authenticate and choose the active project profile.	Add, activate, sign out, remove, create a Python script.
Assets	Browse the Earth Engine asset hierarchy.	Search, refresh, create folders, preview, copy, move, delete.
Docs	Browse the Earth Engine JavaScript API.	Search and refresh the local API registry.
Export Tasks	Monitor export operations.	Filter, refresh, cancel, open the full task editor.
Import Tasks	Monitor ingestion and import operations.	Filter, refresh, cancel, open the full task editor.
Dataset	Explore Google, Publisher, and Community catalog entries.	Search, refresh, open details, copy an ID, open the source page.

Activity Bar and Earth Engine sidebar screenshotShow the six sections expanded in a real VS Code workspace.

Docked Panel views

Panel	Container	What it provides
EE Export	Bottom Panel	Compact, live list of export operations with state, elapsed time, cancellation, and result preview actions.
EE Import	Bottom Panel	Compact, live list of import operations with state, elapsed time, cancellation, and result preview actions.

Webview editors

Editor	Opens from	What it provides
Asset Manager	Assets title action	Sortable, paginated assets with breadcrumbs and management actions.
Image preview	Image context action	Thumbnail, description, bands with min/max values, and properties.
ImageCollection preview	ImageCollection context action	Mosaic thumbnail, child images, first-image bands, and properties.
Table preview	Table context action	Thumbnail, description, features, inferred columns, and properties.
Export Tasks	Export Tasks title action or EE Export panel	Sortable, paginated export operation table with live refresh.
Import Tasks	Import Tasks title action or EE Import panel	Sortable, paginated import operation table with live refresh.
Dataset details	Dataset context action	Dataset metadata, bands, properties, and copyable Earth Engine snippets.
Interactive Map	Profiles title action or command palette	Leaflet map, Earth Engine tiles, layer controls, inspector, scale, and visualisation editor.

Each row links to its dedicated reference page; use the sidebar categories to browse the same architecture by surface type.