Flat package view in VSCode Project explorer

[nilskp]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The hierarchical view lists sub-folders before types, which makes it harder to quickly view types in a package.

Describe the solution you'd like
A flat package view makes it much faster to find the right package and containing types.

Describe alternatives you've considered
None.

Additional context
Here's how it looks in Eclipse, where you can quickly see all packages, without the need to keep digging:

Search terms:
flat, flatten, package,

[nilskp]

Related:
microsoft/vscode#41627

[mudsam]

If ok I’ll take a dig at implementing this

[wtho]

A generic flat view just landed in vscode/master

microsoft/vscode#41627

[tgodzik]

Look like we can close it then! 🎉

@nilskp
Are you happy with having it this way in VS Code?

Edit: Och, actually that's not entirely enough. Flat package structure represents each package separately, right?

[nilskp]

@tgodzik

yeah, I was referring to Metals' own Build view, not the VSCode file hierarchy, although it'd be nice to have in the file hierarchy too.

Even the solution from VSCode seems to be conditional on there being a single child. I think that's a different use case entirely.

I'm mostly looking for a flat list of packages, sorted alphabetically, like the Eclipse screenshot.