only show the view when there are package.json files

extensions/npm/package.json

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
   "activationEvents": [
     "onCommand:workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
     "onLanguage:json",
-    "onView:npm"
+    "onView:npm",
+    "workspaceContains:**/package.json"
   ],
   "contributes": {
     "views": {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
         {
           "id": "npm",
           "name": "%view.name%",
-          "when": "config.npm.explorerVisible"
+          "when": "hasNpmScripts"
         }
       ]
     },

extensions/npm/src/main.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
 import { addJSONProviders } from './features/jsonContributions';
 import { NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider } from './npmView';
-import { provideNpmScripts } from './tasks';
+import { provideNpmScripts, hasNpmScripts } from './tasks';
 
 let taskProvider: vscode.Disposable | undefined;
 
-export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
+export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
 
 	if (vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders) {
 		let provider: vscode.TaskProvider = {
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 		taskProvider = vscode.workspace.registerTaskProvider('npm', provider);
 		let treeDataProvider = vscode.window.registerTreeDataProvider('npm', new NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider(context, provider, localize));
 		context.subscriptions.push(treeDataProvider);
+
+		if (await hasNpmScripts()) {
+			vscode.commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'hasNpmScripts', true);
+		}
 	}
 
 	configureHttpRequest();

extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,28 @@ export function getPackageManager(folder: WorkspaceFolder): string {
 	return workspace.getConfiguration('npm', folder.uri).get<string>('packageManager', 'npm');
 }
 
+export async function hasNpmScripts(): Promise<boolean> {
+	let folders = workspace.workspaceFolders;
+	if (!folders) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	try {
+		for (let i = 0; i < folders.length; i++) {
+			let folder = folders[i];
+			if (isEnabled(folder)) {
+				let relativePattern = new RelativePattern(folder, '**/package.json');
+				let paths = await workspace.findFiles(relativePattern, '**/node_modules/**');
+				if (paths.length > 0) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return Promise.reject(error);
+	}
+}
+
 export async function provideNpmScripts(localize: any): Promise<Task[]> {
 	let emptyTasks: Task[] = [];
 	let allTasks: Task[] = [];