The code formatting is available in Visual Studio Code through the following shortcuts:
- On Windows Shift + Alt + F
- On Mac Shift + Option + F
- On Linux Ctrl + Shift + I
Alternatively, you can find the shortcut, as well as other shortcuts, through the submenu View / Command Palette, also provided in the editor with Ctrl + Shift + P (or Command + Shift + P on Mac), and then searching for format document.
For unsaved snippets
Open command palette (Win: F1 or Ctrl + Shift + P)
Find "Change Language Mode"
Select language e.g.
json. By now, the syntax should be highlighted.Format document (e.g. Open Command Palette -> "Format Document")
Unformat
- Select text
- Command Palette -> Join Lines
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The code formatting is available in Visual Studio Code through the following shortcuts:
- On Windows Shift + Alt + F
- On Mac Shift + Option + F
- On Linux Ctrl + Shift + I
Alternatively, you can find the shortcut, as well as other shortcuts, through the submenu View / Command Palette, also provided in the editor with Ctrl + Shift + P (or Command + Shift + P on Mac), and then searching for format document.
For unsaved snippets
Open command palette (Win: F1 or Ctrl + Shift + P)
Find "Change Language Mode"
Select language e.g.
json. By now, the syntax should be highlighted.Format document (e.g. Open Command Palette -> "Format Document")
Unformat
- Select text
- Command Palette -> Join Lines
'Show the pics'
Code Formatting Shortcut:
Visual Studio Code on Windows - Shift + Alt + F
Visual Studio Code on MacOS - Shift + Option + F
Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu - Ctrl + Shift + I
You can also customize this shortcut using a preference setting if needed.
Code Formatting While Saving the File:
Visual Studio Code allows the user to customize the default settings.
If you want to auto format your content while saving, add the below code snippet in the work space settings of Visual Studio Code.
Menu File → Preferences → Workspace Settings
{
// Controls if the editor should automatically format the line after typing
"beautify.onSave": true,
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
// You can auto format any files based on the file extensions type.
"beautify.JSfiles": [
"js",
"json",
"jsbeautifyrc",
"jshintrc",
"ts"
]
}
Note: now you can auto format TypeScript files. Check my update.
Beautify on save in VS code? - Stack Overflow
Best formatter/beautify extension you know of that supports largest selection of languages?
Beautifly / Tidy (Javascript) in Visual Studio Code - Stack Overflow
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For Windows click on 'File' -> Preferences -> Settings. Then search for editor.formatOnSave, and put "true" instead of "false"
For Mac click on 'Code' (top left of screen, to the left of 'File', 'Edit', and 'View') -> Preferences -> Settings -> enter the term 'editor.formatOnSave' in the search settings box at the top of the page. Click on the tick to mark it as true.
Go to file--> preferences --> settings
In search type formatter and in default formatter select : prettier code formatter as shown in below screenshot.
By largest selection of languages I mean CSS, HTML, Javascript, Prisma, Java, Ruby on Rails, the list goes on
If you want to beautify the code, you can just press
Ctrl+Shift+P and type format code or press Alt+Shift+F
It correctly indents my code so it seems like that is what you are looking for, if not you might want to give an example.
You can use the shortcuts to beautify the code in Visual Studio Code:
- On Windows: Shift + Alt + F
- On Mac: Shift + Option + F
- On Ubuntu: Ctrl + Shift + I
As per the Programming language (PHP, HTML, JavaScript, ASP, JSP, etc.) it will ask you to install a package, after installation you can use above shortcuts.
Hi folks, I’m very new and learning how vscode works. Can you point me to an extension that will do a beautify function, like I’ve see Atom do?
Thank you!