Questions tagged [visual-studio-code]
Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform source code editor from Microsoft.
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What is Fedora Workstation's system font?
I am publishing a couple V.S. Code extensions, and I already have a couple available for download in "Microsoft's Visual Studio Marketplace". Two of the extensions contribute a font-family ...
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Key binding Ctrl + Shift + C opens a new external terminal in vscode/codium on Linux, how to change the shortcut?
In Visual Studio Code / Codium on Linux, the key binding Ctrl+Shift+c opens a new external terminal. This does not work together with vscodevim extension where I often need to copy to the system and ...
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How to make VSCode use declared encoding within XML files?
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XML files very likely declare their used character encoding, which is not properly taken into account by VScode compared to other editors. While in the past there was very limited automatic ...
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MSYS2, MingW64, Pacman Packages and vscode or visual studio : How would i configure a project space for an installed package with pacman [closed]
I have installed some packages with pacman - specifically ogre with pacman using MSYS2.
I was wondering how would I configure my visual studio or vscode environment for any of my installed packages?
I ...
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VSCode devcontainer failing when docker build takes some more time
I have some problems with devcontainer.
My setup is simple, .devcontainer folder with devcontainer.json:
{
"name": "Ubuntu",
"build": {
"dockerfile&...
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How to easily disable vscode's alternating bracket and parenthesis highlighting
I just recently updated my vscode installation to version 1.67.0, and am seeing what in my opinion is very aggressive syntax highlighting of all brackets and parenthesis regardless of what theme I ...
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Invoking make.exe fails while just make compiles perfectly
So I am trying to configure make with vscode and vscode calls make s "make.exe".
When I make run from the terminal its all good, but when I make.exe run
clang-8: error: linker command failed ...
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How would I visually alter only the Capital letters in my editor?
I find camel case difficult to read at times and have been scouring the internet for a way to be able to specifically alter the visual appearance of strictly the capital letters in camel/pascal case ...
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What does "Jackson 2 is on the classpath" mean?
I'm learning a spring tutorial, which says
Because Jackson 2 is on the classpath, Spring’s MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter is automatically chosen to convert the Greeting instance to JSON.
I ...
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How to change download location for VS Code extensions?
I'm having difficulty installing and updating extensions in VS Code on my work computer. When I try, I get:
Error while updating 'PowerShell' extension. Please check the log for more details.
I'm ...
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How to change syntax highlighting of URLs in Visual Studio Code
One answer is to just turn off linkifying of URLs altogether:
"[html]": {
"editor.links": false
},
But what I'm trying to do is keep that feature and turn off the actual ...
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How to I undo already commited changes only for a chosen line = at "line level" (not the whole file) in codium/vscode?
Use case. I have committed a file with many changes, and I forgot to make a new commit for a much smaller side-task - to clean the file from some personal outdated e-mails I found in there, which has ...
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Two seemingly identical VS Code Linux installations display fonts differently
I have two laptops, both running the same version of latest Manjaro. The same version of visual-studio-code-bin from AUR is installed. Both use the same font for code. Yet, they render Unicode symbols ...
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How to pass an argument and file variable to vs code
For certain reasons that I don't fully understand we have to start VSCode with the --in-process-gpu flag on our work laptops (without the tag it opens the outline of the window and then pegs the CPU ...
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Cannot find g++ after msys2 install
I want to install g++ so I can compile and run C++ code in VScode.
I started by trying to follow the VSCode-provided guide which states I need to install mysys.
I tried installing msys2 per the given ...
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VSC - Virtual Workspaces (Github) Can't upload folder
I'm using an extension called "Remote Repositories" (and "GitHub Repositories" got auto-installed too) to browse one of my GitHub repositories. For the most part, everything's been ...
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Visual Studio Code index files
Is it possible to let Visual Studio Code to index file content?
Right now in my C code project when I want to find some declarations or calls or just search for string in content of files in the ...
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Can I launch debug with optional (maybe selectable) arguments?
I'm working on a project running with Lerna in VSCode
Now I'm thinking is there any configuration or extension that allow me to start a lerna project with optional and maybe selectable scopes.
For ...
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VSCode Double SSH with dynamic PORT and IP
VSCode Double SSH with dynamic PORT and IP
I can use below configs in my VSCode ssh config file if the PORT & IP are known before-hand
Host serverA
HostName serverA_ip
PreferredAuthentications ...
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error creating registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ts\OpenWithProgids. RegCreateKeyEx failed: code 5 Access denied
When I open VSCode on Windows 10, I get the following pop-up window message and it requires an action:
error creating registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ts\OpenWithProgids
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How can I disable moving / animated pictures in documentation?
I would like to learn Visual Studio Code, but I cannot get past its "modern" and "engaging" documentation. The very first screen you get when I browse to this URL has a moving ...
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VS Code: How to move cursor automatically from editor to terminal when i hit run in VS Code?
I don't want any shortcuts, I tried "code runner" extension but its launches in the OUTPUT section and the cursor starts at the beginning of the text and I can't type anything:
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Autohotkey script doesn't work when VSCode focused
The default behavior for the shortcut <Windows Key + Number> is to open the respective application on your taskbar. I have this behavior overridden by the AHK script posted here, which changes ...
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Using VScode with Rust-Analyzer on a remote system, "No definition found" missing glibc?
So I'm working with Rust utilizing VSCode as my IDE. One issue I'm having is with Rust-Analyzer, which appears to be the currently recommended extension for rust support.
I have two different systems, ...
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How do I disable VS Code "Do you want to synchronize the Java classpath/configuration" once and for all?
With VS Code, every time I create a new java project and change the pom.xml of it this annoying popup shows up.
I know I can simply click "Never" though, I really don't want to see it over ...
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commands opened editor window closed but still waiting process exit
I'm using vscode on win10. When I run git merge with conflicts or kubectl edit or anything in windows powershell/terminal/gitbash that internally invokes the editor, the default editor notepad is ...
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Doing in line editing in VSCode using the Keyboard Only?
In VSCode we can create multiple cursors inside a single word or sentence by select alt or option (Mac) and then clicking where we want the additional cursors.
Is there a way to use the keyboard only ...
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how do I make vscode terminal window clear previous spring boot output automatically?
I've managed to setup VS Code on my win10 with Extension Pack for Java and
Code Runner I also enabled "clear previous output"
each time I right click and "Run Java",
VS code dump ...
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How stop multiples projects in vscode with the launch.json
I have in my launch.JSON a configuration that allows me to start two different API projects at the same time (Web API One and Web API Two), both are components of the same project, everything works ...
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Starting VSCode with WSL Distro (from command line.)
is there a way to launch vscode from command line, and to tell it to start a new WSL window (using the default WSL distribution.)
I don't see an option in the CLI, and regardless of whether I launch ...
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Grouping and Minifying Python Modules Using Visual Studio Code
If I want to group and minimize the lines of code I have, just click on the arrow for that service:
And if I want to do the same thing by grouping and minimizing the list of modules that I import, is ...
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Default directory for zsh (cygwin) terminal is home, not working directory VSCode on Windows
I have setup custom profile for zsh via Cygwin in VSCode as below:
"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
"zsh": {
"path": "C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash....
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How to I remove a column in the editor area of vscode?
Somehow I accidentally pressed a key combination and now my vscode editor area has a narrow column which all code wants to auto format within. How can I remove this column seen on the right?
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Outsource some VSCode settings from `settings.json`?
Is there a way to sort of exclude or "outsource" some setting from settings.json in VSCode?
I have set up my settings.json to be auto-synced with my Nextcloud, so I have the same settings on ...
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How do I change the color of the icon at the left of a file tab in VS code?
The red round icon pointed out by the red arrow bothers me.
I've tried all the themes shipped with vs code and some other extensions, none of them changes the color of that annoying icon.
How do I ...
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Save changes in 2 different folders using VSCode?
I would like to setup 2 folder in my local hdd so I can: code/edit files in folder1 with VSCode, and from there, only when I decide to save changes, they are applied to folder1 + folder2?
Folder1 is ...
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Pylance consuming too much memory, how to enable Jedi to get around this issue?
My Pylance when I leave my VSCode running a Python file, every few minutes the number of ram memory used increases, reaching 100% usage on the pc.
I've seen some people indicating activating Jedi to ...
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How do I turn the "character count" off in VS Code?
I have no idea what this is or how it got turned on. It wasn't "on" when I turned off my comp on Friday, but it's here today. How do I get rid of this?
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Why does the same eight-character hexadecimal code show a different color in different software?
I want to pick up the color #FFEAF0FF from the Visual Studio color scheme to Visual Studio Code:
But when I put this hexadecimal code into Visual Studio Code, it becomes a different color:
They are ...
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Install VS Code extensions in another directory
I have very little local disk storage and I need to install the VS Code extensions to another directory. Is it possible to do it? How can I do it?
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VS Code custom grammar injection doesn't work
I am trying to inject custom grammar's into an existing language, but I can't seem to get it to work.
package.json:
{
"name": "custom-grammar",
"displayName": "...
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How to change text cursor for VSC pwsh and Python REPL?
When debugging, running code or using REPL VSC tranfers everything to PowerShell. Default text cursor style for VSC terminal is solid rectangle which is very unconvenient. Is it possible to change it ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to select text at random location and climb to the top with one click?
As you can see, there are more than 70000 lines, it would take a lifetime to climb to the top using SHIFT + Page Up or SHIFT + UP ARROW.
Is there any shortcut to getting to the top quickly?
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How to disable syntax errors on ansible template files?
I am using VSCodium with the Docker plugin. When I have a docker-compose file in an ansible
template folder, the linter will show syntax errors whenever it encounters jinja2 template-variables.
The ...
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Is there a way to create files in a VSCode-snippets-esque way?
VSCode snippets I love and use a lot.
But what I find, is for React development for example, I'll have a file structure like:
/MyComponent
MyComponent.tsx
MyComponent.test.tsx
MyComponent.style....
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Visual Studio Code unable to read file
So this just happened out of nowhere, I'm currently working on Linux Mint OS where I have my remote project open from File Manager and I open the directory with code, put VS code suddenly can't open ...
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Is it possible to get rid of the badge reminder from VS code?
The badge at the bottom right of "Accounts" button reminds me to sign in.
I don't want to sign in and I don't need it to remind me of that.
Is it possible to get rid of the badge reminder ...
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Question marks appear even when opening the file in correct encoded format
I have been looking around on StackOverflow and here in the hopes of finding out as to why certain characters turn into question marks. To be more precise: It is often letter such as é and ó etc.
I ...
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Is there a way to let a SQL formatter change only a selection within a file in Visual Studio Code / vscode / Codium?
In VIM, you can do this: setup your config so that you can choose just a selection to be reformatted in SQL. See Is there a way to let sqlformat or another SQL formatter change only a selection within ...
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How to change the default comment character in Visual Studio Code?
While writing a comment in .ini files, VS Code gives me the comment ; when what I need is a #. Is there a setting somewhere where I can replace that character?
This is similar issue but not a ...
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