How can I toggle inlay hints in VS Code?
You can disable this new default setting by putting this option in your settings.json file: “editor.inlayHints.enabled”: “off” The full list of available settings are: off offUnlessPressed on onUnlessPressed
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How do I disable the tooltip in VS Code that shows function parameter descriptions and overloads (parameter hints)?
You turned off code completion correctly. But parameter hints are still active. Turn them off by going into the Settings menu, searching for editor.parameterHints.enabled, and un-checking the box. Or put the following entry in your settings.json: “editor.parameterHints.enabled”: false If you ever want to see the parameter hints on-demand, refer to How to trigger parameter hints … Read more
How to create a global tasks in VS Code? (user task)
User level tasks is an available feature since VSCode January 2020 (version 1.42). From the Release Notes: Tasks declared in tasks.json are now supported at the User Settings level. If you have a build script that you use across many projects, or if you don’t want your tasks in a project folder, you can add … Read more
Is there a cursor overwrite/overtype mode in VS Code?
I too was missing the overtype mode in Visual Studio Code, so I went ahead and wrote an Overtype extension to add the behavior! You can install it by opening the command palette and entering: ext install overtype Update: As of this writing (August 2022), VS Code still does not have overtype built in, and … Read more
How can I trigger the hover info widget in VS Code using commands or a keyboard shortcut?
This is the editor.action.showHover command. It is bound to cmdk cmdi by default. Note: Shortcut works by holding down the cmd [ctrl in windows], then while holding press k then i You can change the keyboard shortcut with a keybinding such as: { “key”: “cmd+k ctrl+space”, “command”: “editor.action.showHover”, “when”: “editorTextFocus” }
What’s the little red arrow / green rectangle / blue rectangle in VS Code in the narrow space between the line numbers and the code?
It called a “Gutter Indicator”. It means a line has been deleted from the previous version of the file (based on git).
How do I change the color of comments in VS Code?
From 1.15 (July 2017) you can change it from settings.json Ctrl+, “editor.tokenColorCustomizations”: { “comments”: “#d4922f” }, From 1.20 (January 2018) you can also do it for each theme separately: “editor.tokenColorCustomizations”: { “[Atom One Dark]”: { “comments”: “#d4922f” } }, Or now you can specify settings for multiple themes at once as “[Atom One Dark][Tomorrow Night … Read more
How do I collapse sections of code in Visual Studio Code?
Folding has been rolled out and is now implemented since Visual Studio Code version 0.10.11. There are these keyboard shortcuts available: Fold folds the innermost uncollapsed region at the cursor: Ctrl + Shift + [ on Windows and Linux ⌥ + ⌘ + [ on macOS Unfold unfolds the collapsed region at the cursor: Ctrl … Read more
How can I prevent VS Code from replacing a newly opened, unmodified (preview) tab with a subsequently opened one?
When you [single-]click a file in the left sidebar’s file browser or open it from the quick open menu (Ctrl–P, type the file name, Enter), Visual Studio Code opens it in what’s called “Preview Mode”, which allows you to quickly view files. Preview Mode tabs are not kept open. As soon as you go to … Read more
VSCode: how to undo split screen and show just current file?
I solved this by clicking on View > Editor Layout > Single Hope it also works for you =)