VsCode settings ideal for Developers
Tags: vscode, ide, softwaredevelopment
Published: 2023-05-05 21:38:59

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title: VsCode settings ideal for Developers
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description: VS Code settings.json best for Developers
tags: VScode, IDE, softwareDevelopment,
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```js
On Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings 
On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings
```

```js
{
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.organizeImports": true,
    "source.fixAll": true,
  },
  "typescript.suggestionActions.enabled": true,
  "typescript.inlayHints.parameterNames.enable": true,
  "typescript.inlayHints.propertyDeclarationTypes.enabled": true,
  "typescript.inlayHints.parameterTypes.enabled": true,
  "terminal.explorerKind": "integrated",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
  "workbench.tree.indent": 16,
  "workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs": true,
  "editor.tabCompletion": "on",
  // Configure glob patterns for excluding files and folders in searches.
  // Inherits all glob patterns from the files.exclude setting.
  "search.exclude": {
    "**/node_modules": false,
    "**/node_modules/**": true,
    "**/jspm_packages": true,
    "**/bower_components": true,
    "**/.git": true,
    "**/.svn": true,
    "**/.hg": true,
    "**/CVS": true,
    "**/.DS_Store": true,
    "**/*.specs.ts": true,
    "**/build": true
  },
  // Controls whether the search results will be collapsed or expanded.
  //  - auto: Files with less than 10 results are expanded. Others are collapsed.
  //  - alwaysCollapse
  //  - alwaysExpand
  "window.openFoldersInNewWindow": "off",
  "window.restoreWindows": "all",
  // Controls whether the parameter hints menu cycles or closes when reaching the end of the list.
  "editor.parameterHints.cycle": false,
  // Enables a pop-up that shows parameter documentation and type information as you type.
  "editor.parameterHints.enabled": true,
  // Inline view: Toggle inline view by clicking the More (...) button in the top right and selecting Switch to Inline View.
  "search.collapseResults": "alwaysCollapse",
  // hide scrollbar/minimap
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  //  see variable values inline in the debugger
  "debug.inlineValues": true,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code, Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "phase",
  "editor.cursorStyle": "line",
  "editor.mouseWheelZoom": false,
  "editor.cursorWidth": 3,
  "git.showPushSuccessNotification": true,
  "merge-conflict.decorators.enabled": true,
  "workbench.list.horizontalScrolling": true,
  "editor.wordWrapColumn": 120,
  "files.exclude": {
    "**/*.specs": true,
    "**/app/store/public/*": true
  },
  // The number of spaces a tab is equal to.
  "editor.tabSize": 2,
  "editor.fontSize": 16,
  "gitlens.advanced.messages": {
    "suppressCommitHasNoPreviousCommitWarning": false,
    "suppressCommitNotFoundWarning": false,
    "suppressFileNotUnderSourceControlWarning": false,
    "suppressGitVersionWarning": false,
    "suppressLineUncommittedWarning": false,
    "suppressNoRepositoryWarning": false,
    "suppressResultsExplorerNotice": false,
    "suppressShowKeyBindingsNotice": true,
    "suppressUpdateNotice": true,
    "suppressWelcomeNotice": true
  },
  "css.lint.duplicateProperties": "warning",
  "css.lint.float": "warning",
  "css.lint.idSelector": "warning",
  "css.lint.important": "warning",
  "css.lint.importStatement": "warning",
  "css.lint.universalSelector": "warning",
  "css.lint.zeroUnits": "warning",
  "scss.lint.boxModel": "warning",
  "scss.lint.duplicateProperties": "warning",
  "scss.lint.float": "warning",
  "scss.lint.idSelector": "warning",
  "scss.lint.important": "warning",
  "scss.lint.importStatement": "warning",
  "scss.lint.universalSelector": "warning",
  "scss.lint.zeroUnits": "warning",
  "javascript.format.enable": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterCommaDelimiter": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterKeywordsInControlFlowStatements": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterOpeningAndBeforeClosingNonemptyBraces": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceBeforeAndAfterBinaryOperators": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterSemicolonInForStatements": false,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterFunctionKeywordForAnonymousFunctions": false,
  "typescript.format.enable": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceBeforeAndAfterBinaryOperators": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceAfterCommaDelimiter": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceAfterKeywordsInControlFlowStatements": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceAfterOpeningAndBeforeClosingNonemptyBraces": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceAfterSemicolonInForStatements": false,
  "typescript.format.insertSpaceAfterFunctionKeywordForAnonymousFunctions": false,
  "workbench.tips.enabled": false,
  "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "always",
  "workbench.view.alwaysShowHeaderActions": true,
  "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd",
  "editor.snippetSuggestions": "top",
  "editor.detectIndentation": false,
  "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
  "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
  "files.autoSaveDelay": 10000,
  "files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "left",
  "breadcrumbs.enabled": true,
  "search.useIgnoreFiles": false,
  "prettier.disableLanguages": [
    "html",
    "scss",
    "javascript",
    "typescript"
  ],
  "colorize.colorized_colors": [
    "HEXA"
  ],
  "window.titleBarStyle": "custom",
  "yaml.schemas": {
    "file:///Users/antoniyz/.vscode/extensions/atlassian.atlascode-2.9.1/resources/schemas/pipelines-schema.json": "bitbucket-pipelines.yml"
  },
  "workbench.editor.scrollToSwitchTabs": true,
  "diffEditor.ignoreTrimWhitespace": false,
  "files.eol": "\n",
  "typescript.preferences.quoteStyle": "single",
  "atlascode.jira.lastCreateSiteAndProject": {
    "siteId": "plan.tomandco.uk",
    "projectKey": "ABB"
  },
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",
  "remote.SSH.connectTimeout": 30,
  "typescript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "never",
  // no formater
  // "editor.defaultFormatter": null
  // prettier
  // "editor.defaultFormatter": esbenp.prettier-vscode,
  // built in html VSCode formatter for html.
  // "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.html-language-features"
  "[html]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.html-language-features"
  },
  "[typescript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
  },
  "[json]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
  },
  "[javascript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
  },
  "editor.minimap.maxColumn": 140,
  "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
  "vsintellicode.modify.editor.suggestSelection": "automaticallyOverrodeDefaultValue",
  "angular.experimental-ivy": true,
  "tabnine.experimentalAutoImports": true,
  "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "monospace",
  "files.saveConflictResolution": "overwriteFileOnDisk",
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "tab.activeBorder": "#39739d",
    "tab.activeForeground": "#fff",
    "tab.hoverBackground": "#333e36",
    "tab.activeBackground": "#282828",
    "tab.border": "#000",
    "tab.activeModifiedBorder": "#ff0000",
    "activityBar.background": "#211616",
    "titleBar.activeBackground": "#191919cc",
    "titleBar.activeForeground": "#6b5a5a",
    "titleBar.inactiveForeground": "#000000CC",
    "titleBar.inactiveBackground": "#ffc600CC",
    "sideBar.background": "#000000",
    "sideBar.foreground": "#d7d7d7",
    "list.hoverBackground": "#39739d",
    "list.hoverForeground": "#252b19",
    "list.activeSelectionBackground": "#33434e",
    "editorLineNumber.activeForeground": "#09ff00",
    "editor.background": "#1a1a1a",
    "editor.colorDecorators": true,
  },
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "other": true,
    "comments": false,
    "strings": false
  },
  // Controls the delay in milliseconds after which quick suggestions will show up.
  "editor.quickSuggestionsDelay": 1,
  // Enable/disable the ability to preview changes before renaming
  "editor.rename.enablePreview": true,
  // Render last line number when the file ends with a newline.
  "editor.renderFinalNewline": true,
  // Controls how the editor should render the current line highlight.
  //  - none
  //  - gutter
  //  - line
  //  - all: Highlights both the gutter and the current line.
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "line",
  // Controls whether the editor will scroll using an animation.
  "editor.smoothScrolling": true,
  // Controls whether an active snippet prevents quick suggestions.
  "editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": true,
  // Enable/disable autoclosing of HTML tags.
  "html.autoClosingTags": true,
  // A list of relative file paths pointing to JSON files following the custom data format.
  // VS Code loads custom data on startup to enhance its HTML support for the custom HTML tags, attributes and attribute values you specify in the JSON files.
  // The file paths are relative to workspace and only workspace folder settings are considered.
  "html.customData": [],
  // List of tags, comma separated, where the content shouldn't be reformatted. `null` defaults to the `pre` tag.
  "html.format.contentUnformatted": "pre,code,textarea",
  // Enable/disable default HTML formatter.
  "html.format.enable": true,
  // End with a newline.
  "html.format.endWithNewline": false,
  // List of tags, comma separated, that should have an extra newline before them. `null` defaults to `"head, body, /html"`.
  "html.format.extraLiners": "head, body, /html",
  // Format and indent ``.
  "html.format.indentHandlebars": false,
  // Indent `<head>` and `<body>` sections.
  "html.format.indentInnerHtml": false,
  // Maximum number of line breaks to be preserved in one chunk. Use `null` for unlimited.
  "html.format.maxPreserveNewLines": null,
  // Controls whether existing line breaks before elements should be preserved. Only works before elements, not inside tags or for text.
  "html.format.preserveNewLines": true,
  // Honor django, erb, handlebars and php templating language tags.
  "html.format.templating": false,
  // List of tags, comma separated, that shouldn't be reformatted.
  "html.format.unformatted": "wbr",
  // Keep text content together between this string.
  "html.format.unformattedContentDelimiter": "",
  // Wrap attributes.
  //  - auto: Wrap attributes only when line length is exceeded.
  //  - force: Wrap each attribute except first.
  //  - force-aligned: Wrap each attribute except first and keep aligned.
  //  - force-expand-multiline: Wrap each attribute.
  //  - aligned-multiple: Wrap when line length is exceeded, align attributes vertically.
  //  - preserve: Preserve wrapping of attributes.
  //  - preserve-aligned: Preserve wrapping of attributes but align.
  "html.format.wrapAttributes": "auto",
  // Alignment size when using 'force aligned' and 'aligned multiple' in `html.format.wrapAttributes` or `null` to use the default indent size.
  "html.format.wrapAttributesIndentSize": null,
  // Maximum amount of characters per line (0 = disable).
  "html.format.wrapLineLength": 120,
  // Show tag and attribute documentation in hover.
  "html.hover.documentation": true,
  // Show references to MDN in hover.
  "html.hover.references": true,
  // Controls whether the built-in HTML language support suggests HTML5 tags, properties and values.
  "html.suggest.html5": true,
  // Traces the communication between VS Code and the HTML language server.
  "html.trace.server": "off",
  // Controls whether the built-in HTML language support validates embedded scripts.
  "html.validate.scripts": true,
  // Controls whether the built-in HTML language support validates embedded styles.
  "html.validate.styles": true,
  // CSS
  // Insert semicolon at end of line when completing CSS properties.
  "css.completion.completePropertyWithSemicolon": true,
  // By default, VS Code triggers property value completion after selecting a CSS property. Use this setting to disable this behavior.
  "css.completion.triggerPropertyValueCompletion": true,
  // A list of relative file paths pointing to JSON files following the custom data format.
  // VS Code loads custom data on startup to enhance its CSS support for the custom CSS properties, at directives, pseudo classes and pseudo elements you specify in the JSON files.
  // The file paths are relative to workspace and only workspace folder settings are considered.
  "css.customData": [],
  // Show tag and attribute documentation in CSS hovers.
  "css.hover.documentation": true,
  // Show references to MDN in CSS hovers.
  "css.hover.references": true,
  // Invalid number of parameters.
  "css.lint.argumentsInColorFunction": "error",
  // Do not use `width` or `height` when using `padding` or `border`.
  "css.lint.boxModel": "ignore",
  // When using a vendor-specific prefix make sure to also include all other vendor-specific properties.
  "css.lint.compatibleVendorPrefixes": "ignore",
  // Do not use duplicate style definitions.
  "css.lint.duplicateProperties": "ignore",
  // Do not use empty rulesets.
  "css.lint.emptyRules": "warning",
  // Avoid using `float`. Floats lead to fragile CSS that is easy to break if one aspect of the layout changes.
  "css.lint.float": "ignore",
  // `@font-face` rule must define `src` and `font-family` properties.
  "css.lint.fontFaceProperties": "warning",
  // Hex colors must consist of three or six hex numbers.
  "css.lint.hexColorLength": "error",
  // Selectors should not contain IDs because these rules are too tightly coupled with the HTML.
  "css.lint.idSelector": "ignore",
  // IE hacks are only necessary when supporting IE7 and older.
  "css.lint.ieHack": "ignore",
  // Avoid using `!important`. It is an indication that the specificity of the entire CSS has gotten out of control and needs to be refactored.
  "css.lint.important": "ignore",
  // Import statements do not load in parallel.
  "css.lint.importStatement": "ignore",
  // Property is ignored due to the display. E.g. with `display: inline`, the `width`, `height`, `margin-top`, `margin-bottom`, and `float` properties have no effect.
  "css.lint.propertyIgnoredDueToDisplay": "warning",
  // The universal selector (`*`) is known to be slow.
  "css.lint.universalSelector": "ignore",
  // Unknown at-rule.
  "css.lint.unknownAtRules": "warning",
  // Unknown property.
  "css.lint.unknownProperties": "warning",
  // Unknown vendor specific property.
  "css.lint.unknownVendorSpecificProperties": "ignore",
  // A list of properties that are not validated against the `unknownProperties` rule.
  "css.lint.validProperties": [],
  // When using a vendor-specific prefix, also include the standard property.
  "css.lint.vendorPrefix": "warning",
  // No unit for zero needed.
  "css.lint.zeroUnits": "ignore",
  // Traces the communication between VS Code and the CSS language server.
  "css.trace.server": "off",
  // Enables or disables all validations.
  "css.validate": true,
  // Configures which processes to automatically attach and debug when `debug.node.autoAttach` is on. A Node process launched with the `--inspect` flag will always be attached to, regardless of this setting.
  //  - always: Auto attach to every Node.js process launched in the terminal.
  //  - smart: Auto attach when running scripts that aren't in a node_modules folder.
  //  - onlyWithFlag: Only auto attach when the `--inspect` is given.
  //  - disabled: Auto attach is disabled and not shown in status bar.
  "debug.javascript.autoAttachFilter": "disabled",
  // Configures glob patterns for determining when to attach in "smart" `debug.javascript.autoAttachFilter` mode. `$KNOWN_TOOLS$` is replaced with a list of names of common test and code runners.
  "debug.javascript.autoAttachSmartPattern": [
    "${workspaceFolder}/**",
    "!**/node_modules/**",
    "**/$KNOWN_TOOLS$/**"
  ],
  // Configures whether property getters will be expanded automatically. If this is false, the getter will appear as `get propertyName` and will only be evaluated when you click on it.
  "debug.javascript.autoExpandGetters": false,
  // When debugging a remote web app, configures whether to automatically tunnel the remote server to your local machine.
  "debug.javascript.automaticallyTunnelRemoteServer": true,
  // Whether to stop when conditional breakpoints throw an error. Note: your launch.json `type` must be prefixed with `pwa-` to use this, such as `pwa-node`.
  "debug.javascript.breakOnConditionalError": false,
  // Where a "Run" and "Debug" code lens should be shown in your npm scripts. It may be on "all", scripts, on "top" of the script section, or "never".
  "debug.javascript.codelens.npmScripts": "top",
  // Options used when debugging open links clicked from inside the JavaScript Debug Terminal. Can be set to "off" to disable this behavior, or "always" to enable debugging in all terminals.
  "debug.javascript.debugByLinkOptions": "on",
  // The default `runtimeExecutable` used for launch configurations, if unspecified. This can be used to config custom paths to Node.js or browser installations.
  "debug.javascript.defaultRuntimeExecutable": {
    "pwa-node": "node"
  },
  // Default options used when debugging a process through the `Debug: Attach to Node.js Process` command.
  "debug.javascript.pickAndAttachOptions": {},
  // Request options to use when loading resources, such as source maps, in the debugger. You may need to configure this if your sourcemaps require authentication or use a self-signed certificate, for instance. Options are used to create a request using the `got`library.
  // A common case to disable certificate verification can be done by passing `{ "https": { "rejectUnauthorized": false } }`.
  "debug.javascript.resourceRequestOptions": {},
  // Whether to suggest pretty printing JavaScript code that looks minified when you step into it.
  "debug.javascript.suggestPrettyPrinting": true,
  // Default launch options for the JavaScript debug terminal and npm scripts.
  "debug.javascript.terminalOptions": {},
  // Configures whether sourcemapped file where the original file can't be read will automatically be unmapped. If this is false (default), a prompt is shown.
  "debug.javascript.unmapMissingSources": false,
  // Use the new in-preview JavaScript debugger for Node.js and Chrome.
  "debug.javascript.usePreview": true,
  // Controls whether to show a warning when the 'useWSL' attribute is used.
  "debug.node.showUseWslIsDeprecatedWarning": true,
  "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
  "editor.renderControlCharacters": true,
  "window.zoomLevel": 2,
}
```

### Further information:
<a href="VSCode-IDE-development-settings">VSCode-IDE-development-settings</a>
<a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings">VS Code official settings configuration</a>

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