VS Code only shows modules from subfolders about vscode-maven

[imerljak]

The plugin identifies the projects by scanning the open workspaces for pom.xml files. It means that any maven project not open at vscode won't be picked.

Looking over at the current implementation, it will require re-thinking the whole project scanning logic in order to properly do what you're asking.

BUT... you can overcome this by using a workspace file and adding the external project into it. Then the external project will be picked up properly by adding to the parent pom modules definition.

Example workspace file..

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "path": "my-project"
    },
    {
      "path": "lib-outside-project-folder"
    },
  ],
  "settings": {
    "maven.view": "hierarchical"
  }
}

when using maven.view=hierarchical its clear that your external module was picked properly

Example pom.xml setup..

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
  <artifactId>my-project</artifactId>
  <modules>
    <module>child-module-1</module>
    <module>child-module-2</module>
    <module>../lib-outside-project-folder</module>
  </modules>
</project>