Vscode-yaml: Feature request: formatter

[marco-m]

Hello,
if I select "Format document", vscode pops up "Sorry, but there is no formatter for 'yaml'-files installed."
It would be nice if this extension supported formatting :-)

[JPinkney]

The formatter should be available in our latest update! The code was in it server side for a while I just didn't update some vscode extension dependencies so it wasn't showing up

[marco-m]

Thanks!

[dburles]

Hey I'm on 0.0.9 and seeing the same message

[unional]

Same here. No formatter in 0.0.9

[JPinkney]

Have you turned on the formatter in the yaml settings? It’s not enabled by default. After it’s enabled it requires a restart.

[unional]

I see. Yes, it is working with the settings enabled.

[danhofer]

I've enabled the formatter and restarted VS Code, yet I still get the message that there is no formatter. I'm on version 0.0.11. Tried uninstalling and re-installing the extension, too.

[JPinkney]

It seems to work fine for me on latest version. Are you accidentally using https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=adamvoss.yaml instead of https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.vscode-yaml or do you have any other yaml extensions activated?

[danhofer]

The only other extensions I have installed besides this one are a Python extension and an ESLint extension. I've enabled "yaml.format.enable": true in my user settings. I'm assuming I can format code by highlighting what I want to format and pressing cmd-K-F like I can for JavaScript. Is that correct, or am I misunderstanding?

[JPinkney]

Currently it just formats the entire document. If you right click on a yaml file is the format document option there? Which version of vscode are you using?

[danhofer]

I'm on VS Code version 1.22.2. When the file is open in the file explorer this is my menu when I right click. Right clicking on a closed file has a menu with less options.

[JPinkney]

No, I mean when you have a yaml file open and you right click inside the text editor. This is what I see.

[danhofer]

Ah yes, I see it. When I click the menu option it works. Thank you very much!

[PZ01]

Any reason why the format removes comments?(Statements starting with a hash #)

[JPinkney]

The parser does not support comments so when formatting it it just removed it. I’m switching formatters soon and that will fix the problem.