Vscode: (mac) format shortcut not always bound

[charliethinker]

• VSCode Version: v1.7.1-02611b40b24c9df2726ad8b33f5ef5f67ac30b44-2016-11-03T13:44:00.572Z
• OS Version: macOS Sierra v10.12.1

I use Shift + Alt + F to format code, It’s not working! I also try to run VS Code without extensions, execute:code --disable-extensions but It still can’t working. when I pressing shift+option + f key in my Mac will typing special character Ï.

like this:

[danielo515]

Facing similar issue. I'm unable to run the command format code

[ferhatayhan]

i had same issue on mac.

VSCode: 1.7.1
macOSX El Capitan 10.11.6

[jrieken]

@charliethinker This is not enough information for me to reproduce

[danielo515]

What information would you need?
My versions are:
VSCode: 1.7.1 (1.7.1)
macOS Sierra: 10.12.1

[jrieken]

I need to know in what language this happens and what plugins you are using. Also, I need to know if this only happens when you try this with the shortcut or if this also happens when selecting format from the context menu

[ferhatayhan]

In my case when i editing some c# files using older versions vscode it was working perfectly (i don't know which one is).
After the update right click menu, intellisense, document format and shortcuts not worked. But i solved my problem.

With the lastest update all csharp files HAVE to under at least one solution (.sln) or project.json structure, otherwise it's not gonna work correctly.
So, im happy :)

[charliethinker]

@jrieken I'm in China, In Mac can only use Shift + Alt + F shortcut to format code, There is no way to use the context menu in Mac, I also try to run VS Code without extensions, execute: ·code --disable-extensions. but It still can’t working.

I use extensions list here:

I have to reinstall VS Code, It can work well. Today I found after I written markdown file in vs(I installed vscode-instant-markdown extension), format code and intellisense doesn't work again.

[charliethinker]

@ferhatayhan

In my case when i editing some c# files using older versions vscode it was working perfectly

I'm the same as you.

[ferhatayhan]

@charliethinker if you want to working with c# read that topic. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp#_roslyn-and-omnisharp

[charliethinker]

@jrieken when I use cover install VS Code, format and intellisense can't working. but I use ccleaner to uninstall VS Code and install it again ,format and intellisense was working well. Then I opened two window of VS Code(Shift+Cmd+N), one side used to write C#, while used to write the markdown file, after a period of time, format and intellisense doesn't work again.

[danielo515]

In my case it is happening for Javascript.
I never use the keyboard shortcut, I allways open the command palette and select format code. The option does not exist anymore. Here are my extensions:

This is what happens when I try to format it:

[jrieken]

re https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/15682#issuecomment-262238663 we renamed that for format code, it does the same but has a different label. When you want to format a selection only, you must have a selection first. @danielo515 this issue is about a C# setup problem as it seems, please don't mixin JavaScript as these are different worlds

[jrieken]

@charliethinker re https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/15682#issuecomment-262142905 Do I understand correctly that this happens with C# files?

[charliethinker]

@jrieken re #15682 (comment) Yes.

This issue happened again today, after I open new window to writing my blog with markdown.

Then my context menu has changed:
before:

after:

[ttimmons]

I am having this same issue on Mac.

VSCode Version 1.8.0 (1.8.0)
MacOSX Version 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

When I try to format code via the shift+alt+F shortcut this character prints out instead of formatting the code: Ï. Also when I open the context menu there is no option for "Format Document". Furthermore if I open the command palette there is no option for "Format Document" as well. I am trying to do this on Python files, JavaScript files, SCSS files, and HTML files (all of which do not work).

Plugins Installed:

The "Format Document" option missing from the command palette:

The "Format Document" option missing from the context menu:

[danielo515]

@danielo515 this issue is about a C# setup problem as it seems, please don't mixin JavaScript as these are different worlds

I can't see any evidence of that on the title neither in the description of the issue, so please forgive my confusion.

[yuanoook]

It seems like this kind of situation happened after some extensions updated, I disable all my extensions, and format (shift + alt + f) works again.

[jrieken]

ok. closing this as being caused by an extension that.

[devna13]

I had same issue when I was opening a single javascript file in vs code On Mac, But when I tried "Open Folder" in explorer for the same file "Format Document" start working.

[xavores]

Hello i have same problem when (shift + alt + f) i have '.' and no formatting.

Nobody have solution

Thanks

[LucitheR]

Hi there, got a problem too, maybe it's releated:

on Mac OS and since VSCode 1.16 i cannot use ALT + L (@) inside any File "no keyboard combination"

[tdbear]

1.17 clean, no plugins installed. shift+alt+f produces Ï. Format command is not available at all (it does not appear under shift+cmd+p ">format" )

This is definitely not fixed.

[jasofalcon]

Any updates on this? I don't want to get back to Atom because of these kinds of issues... (vscode version 1.17.2)

[jrieken]

1.17 clean, no plugins installed. shift+alt+f produces Ï. Format command is not available at all (it does not appear under shift+cmd+p ">format" )

Out of the box, without extensions, VS Code supports formatting only for a small set of languages, like JavaScript and TypeScript. That is only because we ship those extensions with VS Code. The rule of thumb is that a formatter-extension must be installed.

If a formatter exists, for lets say JavaScript, the editor context menu will include a "Format Document" command, also the Alt/Option+Shift+F sequence will be bound. If for a language, lets say Rust, no formatter is installed that doesn't happen, so no entry in the context menu, not binding the aforementioned sequence.

We do acknowledge the Alt/Option+Shift+F-confusion because on macOS it inserts by default Ï. We have recently pushed a commit that binds that sequence even when not having a formatter such that it can show a message asking you to install one.

We encourage everyone to browse the existing formatter extensions on our market-place because we cannot ship with formatters for every language.

[jrieken]

I have renamed and locked this issue because we now show a message when no formatter is installed or available and because we want separate issues for separate things. Don't be afraid to file duplicate.