Django extension for Visual Studio Code
Beautiful syntax and scoped snippets for perfectionists with deadlines
Usage
Configure you file association for Django HTML
in the Language Mode menu
or drop this in your settings for more precision:
"files.associations": {
"**/templates/*.html": "django-html",
"**/templates/*": "django-txt",
"**/requirements{/**,*}.{txt,in}": "pip-requirements"
},
Emmet enthusiasts should have this to their configuration as well:
"emmet.includeLanguages": {"django-html": "html"},
Features
Go to definition in templates
Ctrl-click or press F12 on the template path in a include
or extends
tag
to jump to this template
Improved syntax
- Adds the filetype
django-html
- Adds the filetype
django-txt
for email templates.
- Better syntax with more operators and default keywords:
- Known default tags and filters
- Known templatetags namespace from contrib in the {% load %} tag
- Known keywords in tags, like:
as
, asvar
, with
, trimmed
…
- Syntax highlighting everywhere in your HTML document:
- In the HTML tag itself"
- In the id, class or any attribute
- In inline CSS or Javascript code

Snippets
- No unnecessary new lines
- Support for selected text (when inserting snippet from the menu)
- Support for copied text
Contributing
Issues
Something odd? New feature request?
Please create an issue on Github.
Setup
git clone https://github.com/vscode-django/vscode-django
cd vscode-django
npm install
code .
It’s better to have TSlint installed.
Launching the extension debugger
Make sure you have this snippet in .vscode/launch.json
:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Extension",
"type": "extensionHost",
"request": "launch",
"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
"args": [
"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}"
]
}
]
}
Press F5 or click on Debug then Start (▶️) to launch the extension host window.
Hack around
Press Ctrl + Shift + F5 or 🔄 to reload.