Config¶

Settings¶

Customizing IntelliSense: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense

User vs workspace settings¶

Note: the workspace settings will overwrite the user settings

Disable vs code breadcrumbs and sticky scroll¶

    "breadcrumbs.enabled": false,                    // disable breadcrumbs
    "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": false,            // disable sticky scroll
    "editor.inlayHints.enabled": "offUnlessPressed", // disable rust inlay hints
    "editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations": {     // disable rust mut var underline
        "enabled": true,
        "rules": {
            "*.mutable": {
                "underline": false,
            }
        }
    },
    "window.zoomLevel": -0.1,                        // zoom in/out size of windows, -1:20% smaller, 1:20% larger
    "window.titleBarStyle": "custom",                // reduce the height of the title bar
    "window.density.editorTabHeight": "compact",     // reduce the height of the files tab bar

Editor font size and line space¶

settings > editor > line height > 15

"editor.fontSize": 13,
"editor.lineHeight": 13,

Debug console font size and line space¶

"debug.console.fontSize": 13,
"debug.console.lineHeight": 10,

Terminal font size¶

Line height can't be scaled smaller than 1

"terminal.integrated.fontSize": 12,

terminal line number¶

Default is 1000

"terminal.integrated.scrollback": 5000,

New line at EOF¶

File > Preference > Settings (^,) > 'insert final newline'

"files.insertFinalNewline": true,
"files.trimFinalNewlines": true,

Trim trailing whitespaces¶

user settings > Trim Trailing Whitespace

"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,

Wrap line¶

workspace > settings.json

"editor.rulers": [80, 88, 120],
"editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 120,
"[markdown]": {
    "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 120
}

Vertical rulers¶

^, user > settings.json > search for ruler

"editor.minimap.enabled": false,
"editor.rulers": [80,88],
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editorRuler.foreground": "#333333",
    "tab.activeBorderTop": "#066794",
    "tab.unfocusedActiveBorder": "#000000"
},

Active tab settings¶

Search "workbench.action.openSettingsJson" > Open user settings.json

"editor.rulers": [80,88],
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editorRuler.foreground": "#312f30",
    "tab.inactiveForeground":"#ECECEC",
    "tab.activeBackground": "#8f6155",
    "tab.activeBorderTop": "#007acc",
    "tab.activeBorder": "#ff0000",
    "tab.unfocusedActiveBorder": "#000000"
},

Copy relative filepath separator setting¶

Search Explorer: Copy Relative Path Separator in settings

Auto closing quotes/brackets¶

"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never",
"editor.autoClosingBrackets": "never",

disable spell check in problems¶

in settings.json add:

"cSpell.diagnosticLevel": "Hint",

For version >= 4.0, a better solution:

"cSpell.useCustomDecorations": true,
"cSpell.textDecoration": "underline wavy #bbbbbb66", //"underline wavy #fc9867 auto", //

disable inline values in debugger¶

It's annoying that Python debugger in VS Code is showing inline variable values (faded text next to your code while debugging)

"debug.inlineValues": "off"

dockerfile¶

mark files with some extension as docker file

{
  "files.associations": {
        "*.docker": "dockerfile"
    }
}