${workspaceFolder} variable not working

[thernstig]

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.18.1
Python Extension version: 0.8.0 (9 November 2017)
Python Version: 3.6.1
OS and version: Windows 10 Home, Version 1703, OS-version 15063.483

Actual behavior

In the settings, when changing "python.pythonPath": "${workspaceRoot}/venv/Scripts/python.exe", to "python.pythonPath": "${workspaceFolder}/venv/Scripts/python.exe", the venv will stop working.

The status bar says "Select Python Environment", indicating it could not find the virtual environment.

Expected behavior

It is expected that the virtual environment is found. The status bar should say something similar to:

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a virtual environment inside a workspace
• Set the python.pythonPath to use ${workspaceFolder}

[DonJayamanne]

@thernstig Out of curiosity, why are you changing it to workspaceFolder?
This isn't supported today, the workspaceRoot should be sufficient.

[thernstig]

@DonJayamanne workspaceRoot is being deprecated to make it consistent with multi-root workspace support. This was mentioned in version 1.17: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_17#_workspacefolder-in-launchjson-and-tasksjson

It was further elaborated upon in version 1.18: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_18#_workspacefolder-replaces-workspaceroot

(congrats on the new job!)

[DonJayamanne]

@thernstig somehow I missed the new name. Thanks