Typescript: Option to disable sorting when running organize imports

[mjbvz]

_From @ssi-hu-tasi-norbert on April 20, 2018 9:9_

• VSCode Version: 1.22.2
• OS Version: win 10

Sort should be optional. I have imports from 3rd parties above and app imports below and I don't want to mix them. With a separator( for me it is a comment // app) these two sections can be sort separatedly.
Anyway, this is a great feature.

Thanks,

Norbert

_Copied from original issue: Microsoft/vscode#48263_

[andy-ms]

We should already be sorting global imports in front of local imports, i.e.:

import * as z from "zexternal";
import * as a from "./alpha";

is preserved. We also order things from higher directories (../zexternal) over local ones. So as long as your 3rd party libraries are in node_modules or in some upper directory like ../include, sorting should leave them at the top.

[ssi-hu-tasi-norbert]

In angular for locals I can use absolute path and with paths specs I can use abbreviations and from 6.x.x I can create libraries nested. So the followings are local imports:

import { Service } from 'app/shared/service'; // absolute path
import { Comp } from '@shared/test.component'; // custom path for '@shared' defined in tsconfig
import {UIModule} from 'projects/ui'; // own library import

So the sorting should check if the library is under node_modules(higher) or not(lower).

Thanks,

tano

[mhegazy]

seems to be the same underlying suggestion as in https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/22926, to use the target of the import instead of the text of the import to sort.

[lackovic]

Sorting on _Organize imports_ has conflicting behavior with _Auto Import_, which is adding the import at the bottom of the list: this is causing unnecessary merging conflicts and line changes.

Not only we should be able to enable/disable sorting, but also:

• when enabled => _Auto Import_ should insert the new import in the correct sorted position (should sort automatically if not sorted);

• when disabled => _Auto Import_ should append the new import at the bottom of the imports list.

This has been pending for 15 months. What else is needed to move it forward?