Kconfig and DTS extension not working

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Hi all, I'm using nRF Kconfig and DeviceTree extension in VSCode. When I try to activate context, dropdown menu doesn't offer any options. Are there any additional configuration steps necessary for these extensions to work? I've used trond-snekvik extensions some time ago and that worked out of the box

Also when trying to add build folder with nRF Kconfig: Kconfig: Add build folder from command palette I get message build does not appear to be a valid build directory.

Note that I'm not using main extension, only these 2. I just want to be able to autocomplete Kconfig and follows nodes in DTS like I did with trond-snekvik extensions.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

Please install nRF Connect for VS Code extension to fix the issue.

Regards,
Amanda H.

[neutral]

I don't need nRF Connect for VS Code. I'm using vanilla Zephyr without nRF Connect SDK. These extensions worked fine previously, why did they break now?

[neutral]

I've installed Python Environment Manager and selected the virtual environment in my project. nRF Connect extension doesn't seem to use the virtual environment and fallbacks to my global zephyr workspace.

[09:30:37] Command failed: west list --all --format "{name};{posixpath};{revision};{url};{cloned}"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/marin/.local/bin/west", line 5, in <module>
    from west.app.main import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'west'

It works if I activate virtual env from my terminal and then launch vscode. I guess extension is picking up from terminal environment current python environment.

After this Kconfig extensions works, but device tree extension is still unresponsive. Running nRF DeviceTree: Set Active Context from command palette doesn't do anything.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Since neither Devicetree nor Kconfig extension ever correctly picked up the context we realised it is never 100% possible to rely on guesses and the help of both the main extension and better build system support is needed (SDK 2.8+). Therefore we can't recommend and we also don't test these extensions standalone.

I also recommend to use nRF Connect SDK Toolchains because of more controlled environment and ease of use. The main extension should work perfectly well with vanilla Zephyr.