formatter-sequence README

VSCode only supports a single code formatter, leading to conflicts when running multiple formatters like eslint and prettier. This extension enables running multiple formatters sequentially for simpler configuration and predictability.

Requirements

Supports the latest vscode version. No guarantees for earlier versions.

Extension Settings

// in your settings.json or workspace settings
{
  // configure for a specific language (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/identifiers#_known-language-identifiers)
  "[typescript]":{
    "editor.defaultFormatter":"alaughlin.formatter-sequence",
    "formatter-sequence":["a-formatter-extension", "another-formatter-extension"]
  }

  // or, configure for all languages (not recommended. Formatters are often language-specific)
  "editor.defaultFormatter":"alaughlin.formatter-sequence",
  "formatter-sequence":["a-formatter-extension", "another-formatter-extension"],
}

Known Issues

Note that extensions can't directly call other formatting extensions. To work around that limitation, this extension updates your config file's "editor.defaultFormatter" with each value from "formatter-sequence", applies it, then sets the defaultFormatter back to "alaughlin.formatter-sequence" afterward.

If you have any issues, first check the extension output for any configuration issues.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release

0.0.2

Resolved "This setting cannot be applied because it is not registered as language override setting."

0.0.3

Updated this README with changes