VSCode settings on settings.json

readme.md

A long, comprehensive JSON example of frequently used VS Code settings that developers often configure in their settings.json.

I’ve included a wide range of categories:

• editor behavior,
• formatting,
• UI customization,
  • For funky vscode themes, refer https://gist.github.com/tangoabcdelta/235764d1c234020c26644387b77f6629
  • This gist contains changes to be done in settings.json for editor UI customization
• language-specific settings,
• debugging,
• extensions, and more.

Some of the stuff which I never knew before:

Debug panel behavior alteration using "debug.openDebug"

The Debug panel will never open automatically when a debugging session is started if this is set to neverOpen, openOnDebugBreak will only open automatically if a breakpoint is hit, openOnSessionStart (defaul) will open every time when a debugging session is started.

I did not know Dumb commit were a thing until I met "git.enableSmartCommit"

When the setting is enabled (default: true), the editor will automatically stage all modified tracked files when you attempt a commit in VS Code without manually staging any files

Summary

This JSON covers most of the commonly tweaked VS Code settings across categories. Developers usually customize a subset depending on their workflow, but this gives you a maximal reference template you can trim down for your own use.

settings.json

{
  // ===== Editor Basics =====
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.lineHeight": 22,
  "editor.cursorStyle": "line",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
  "editor.wordWrap": "on",
  "editor.minimap.enabled": true,
  "editor.minimap.renderCharacters": false,
  "editor.minimap.maxColumn": 120,
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
  "editor.renderControlCharacters": false,
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
  "editor.smoothScrolling": true,
  "editor.scrollBeyondLastLine": true,
  "editor.mouseWheelZoom": true,
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "other": true,
    "comments": false,
    "strings": true
  },
  "editor.parameterHints.enabled": true,
  "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
  "editor.tabSize": 2,
  "editor.insertSpaces": true,
  "editor.detectIndentation": false,
  "editor.autoClosingBrackets": "always",
  "editor.autoClosingQuotes": "always",
  "editor.autoSurround": "quotes",
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.formatOnPaste": false,
  "editor.formatOnType": false,
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.organizeImports": true,
    "source.fixAll": true
  },
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
  "editor.rulers": [80, 100, 120],
  "editor.guides.indentation": true,
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": true,
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true,

  // ===== Files & Explorer =====
  "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
  "files.autoSaveDelay": 1000,
  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
  "files.associations": {
    "*.js": "javascript",
    "*.ts": "typescript",
    "*.json": "jsonc"
  },
  "files.exclude": {
    "**/.git": true,
    "**/.DS_Store": true,
    "**/node_modules": true,
    "**/dist": true
  },
  "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
  "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
  "explorer.openEditors.visible": 10,

  // ===== Terminal =====
  "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 13,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGS NF",
  "terminal.integrated.cursorStyle": "underline",
  "terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true,
  "terminal.integrated.scrollback": 10000,
  "terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled": true,
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell",
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "bash",
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh",

  // ===== Workbench & UI =====
  "workbench.colorTheme": "One Dark Pro",
  "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
  "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
  "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
  "workbench.editor.showTabs": true,
  "workbench.editor.tabCloseButton": "right",
  "workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs": true,
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "left",
  "workbench.statusBar.visible": true,
  "workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
  "workbench.tree.indent": 16,
  "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "always",
  "workbench.settings.editor": "json",
  "workbench.settings.useSplitJSON": true,

  // ===== Git & SCM =====
  "git.enableSmartCommit": true,
  "git.confirmSync": false,
  "git.autofetch": true,
  "gitlens.hovers.enabled": true,
  "gitlens.currentLine.enabled": true,
  "gitlens.codeLens.enabled": true,

  // ===== Debugging =====
  "debug.openDebug": "openOnSessionStart",
  "debug.console.fontSize": 13,
  "debug.console.lineHeight": 20,
  "debug.inlineValues": true,
  "debug.showBreakpointsInOverviewRuler": true,

  // ===== Languages & Frameworks =====
  "[javascript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
    "editor.formatOnSave": true
  },
  "[typescript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
    "editor.formatOnSave": true
  },
  "[json]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
  },
  "[markdown]": {
    "editor.wordWrap": "on",
    "editor.quickSuggestions": false
  },
  "[python]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
  },
  "[html]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.html-language-features"
  },
  "[css]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
  },

  // ===== Extensions =====
  "prettier.singleQuote": true,
  "prettier.trailingComma": "es5",
  "prettier.semi": false,
  "prettier.printWidth": 100,
  "eslint.enable": true,
  "eslint.run": "onSave",
  "eslint.alwaysShowStatus": true,
  "eslint.format.enable": true,
  "eslint.codeActionsOnSave.mode": "all",
  "eslint.codeActionsOnSave.rules": [
    "eslint.fixAll",
    "eslint.organizeImports"
  ],
  "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",
  "python.linting.enabled": true,
  "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
  "python.linting.flake8Enabled": false,
  "python.formatting.provider": "black",
  "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,

  // ===== Remote & Dev Containers =====
  "remote.SSH.remotePlatform": {
    "myserver": "linux"
  },
  "remote.SSH.useLocalServer": true,
  "remote.containers.dockerPath": "/usr/bin/docker",
  "remote.containers.logLevel": "info",

  // ===== Miscellaneous =====
  "breadcrumbs.enabled": true,
  "telemetry.enableTelemetry": false,
  "telemetry.enableCrashReporter": false,
  "update.mode": "manual",
  "extensions.autoUpdate": true,
  "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": false,
  "security.workspace.trust.enabled": true,
  "security.workspace.trust.startupPrompt": "never",
  "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
  "json.schemas": [],
  "typescript.tsserver.log": "verbose"
}