Vim: Use editor.formatOnPaste setting

[rightaway]

The new editor.formatOnPaste setting in vscode 1.9 works when pasting with ctrl-v with not in vim mode's p, which should use that setting too to automatically format when pasting.

[rebornix]

The formatOnPaste feature listens to browser's paste event however our p is not a real paste. That's why Code's native formatOnPaste doesn't kick in.

A proper solution is

• Check editor.formatOnPaste when running p
• If it's true, run format selection on p's pasted content.
• Set correct final selection.

It's like re-implementing formatOnPaste again in Vim. Since I did that in Code, I'd like to leave this to anyone who wants to contribute :)

[johnfn]

@rebornix can't you just copy your implementation into VSCodeVim :wink:

[rebornix]

@johnfn yeah of course. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether users (majority) want to have this feature in Vim.

[johnfn]

That's a very good point actually. It's good to focus on issues with the most thumbs up.

[ronakg]

Is there a workaround for this?

[J-Fields]

A proper solution is
Check editor.formatOnPaste when running p
If it's true, run format selection on p's pasted content.
Set correct final selection.

I'll mention that I prototyped this at one point and it wasn't a great experience. What we really want is VSCode to expose its formatOnPaste implementation, since then from our side it would be atomic. Still, a sort of ugly solution is better than none.