output_dir ignored in VSCode

[casasgomezuribarri]

I can't get to save my output files in my folder of preference. Here's a MWE:

1. create a new file test.qmd in the folder Folder
2. add the following:

---
format:
  html:
    output-dir: "HTML files"
  pdf:
    output-dir: "pdf_files"
---
Hi there

Then, a file Folder/test.html is created (expected behaviour was to create Folder/HTML files/test.html)

No pdf file is created whatsoever.

A folder test_files is also created with the following:

I am using Quarto v. 1.5.57 and VSCode 1.96.4

#375 (comment) here's a similar issue. Although not exactly the same one, could be related

How can I get quarto to save the output files to my subfolder of preference? Note that I want this behaviour to be document-specific and format-specific, so I don't think I can do this from my _quarto.yml project file...

[mcanouil]

That's not a VSCode extension issue.
Quarto CLI repository is https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions

output-dir is a Quarto project level option. It has to be set under project in _quarto.yml.

https://quarto.org/docs/projects/quarto-projects.html