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When using code files, you typically don't need longer lines to wrap around. However, with .md files this is in fact rather useful. However, I can't seem to find the option to enable word wrap so longer lines will be wrapped.
To reproduce, open Visual Studio Code resized to a small-enough window, and enter the following text in a new document:
This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum.
A linebreak before this.
The effect is this:
I'm trying to get the horizontal scrollbar to stay away, having line 1 wrap around at the right side of the window.
I've done a few things to answer my own question:
Search Stack Overflow: zero results at the time of writing this;
Meticulously going through the menu of Visual Studio Code: didn't find it;
Using the Command Palette with "wrap": gives no matching commands.
Perhaps it's not possible, and I'd need to file a feature request? Or am I missing something?
Note that I'd like to be able to turn it on and off quickly. For one, #PanagiotisKanavos mentioned in comments this solution to change wrapping behavior in the settings, but I'm looking for a quick command or menu option to do this (much like Notepad++ and Sublime Text 2 have).
Since v1.0 you can toggle word wrap:
with the new command editor.action.toggleWordWrap, or
from the View menu (*View** → Toggle Word Wrap), or
using the ALT+Z keyboard shortcut (for Mac: ⌥+Z).
It can also be controlled with the following settings:
editor.wordWrap
editor.wordWrapColumn
editor.wrappingIndent
Known issues:
renderLineHighlight should highlight the entire logical line
If you'd like these bugs fixed, please vote for them.
Go to menu File → Preferences → User Settings.
It will open up Default Settings and settings.json automatically. Just add the following in the settings.json file and save it. This will overwrite the default settings.
// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{ "editor.wrappingColumn": 0 }
wrappingColumn has been deprecated in favour of wordWrap.
Add this line to settings.json to set wordWrap on by default:
"editor.wordWrap": "on"
or open user settings:
Mac: ⌘ + ,
Windows: Ctrl + ,
Then search for "wordWrap" or scroll through the 'Commonly Used' settings to find it and select 'on'
Since version 0.3.0, wrapping has been put in the command palette. You can activate it with Toggle Word Wrap or Alt + Z.
Check out this screenshot (Toogle Word Wrap):
Go to the Preferences tab (menu File → Settings), and then search as “word wrap”. The following animated image is helpful too.
If you want to use text word wrap in your Visual Studio Code editor, you have to press button Alt + Z for text word wrap. Its word wrap is toggled between text wrap or unwrap.
Here you go with word-wrap on Visual Studio Code.
Since 1.9, it's possible to select a specific language for word wrap settings (or any settings). You can find this in the command palette under:
Preferences: Configure Language Specific Settings...
Which will take you to your "settings.json" for a selected language where you might include:
"[markdown]": {
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 100,
"editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn"
},
I am not sure when it was added, but I'm using v0.10.8 and
Alt + Z is the keyboard shortcut for turning word wrap on and off. This satisfies the requirement of "able to turn it on and off quickly".
The setting does not persist after closing Visual Studio Code. To persist, you need to set it through Radha's answer of using the settings.json file...
// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{ "editor.wrappingColumn": 0 }
Word wrap settings redesign
Here are the new word wrap options:
editor.wordWrap: "off" - Lines will never wrap.
editor.wordWrap: "on" - Lines will wrap at viewport width.
editor.wordWrap: "wordWrapColumn" - Lines will wrap at the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
editor.wordWrap: "bounded"
Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport width and the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
press ctrl+ shift + p
Preferences open keyboard shortcut
search Toggle Wrap word
Set your preferences toggle wrap word
NOTES:
Works for version 1.55.2
Default one is alt+z
Explained here Language-specific editor settings but specifically:
Ctrl+Shift+P and type "Preferences: Configure Language Specific Settings"
Select the language or add section in the file (start typing "[" to see list of suggestions) or edit section as you like if already there.
If set it to bounded you might need to adjust the editor.wordWrapColumn value to wrap depending on the screen size. With bounded Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport and editor.wordWrapColumn
Example:
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 200,
"[markdown]": {
"editor.wordWrap": "on",
},
"[plaintext]": {
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
},
"[typescript]": {
"editor.tabSize": 2,
"editor.wordWrap": "off",
},
If it's not working in mac,
make sure to tell VScode that you are not using a screen reader. I had word wrap on and restarted VScode, and it gave me a notification window saying that if I'm in a screenreader, yes or no, and to note that word-wrap does not work in screen readers.
This is from the VS Code docs as of May 2020:
Here are the new word wrap options:
editor.wordWrap: "off" - Lines will never wrap.
editor.wordWrap: "on" - Lines will wrap at viewport width.
editor.wordWrap: "wordWrapColumn" - Lines will wrap at the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
editor.wordWrap: "bounded" - Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport width and the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
So for example, if you want to have the lines wrapped at the boundary of the window, you should:
Open settings.json (Hit CTRL+SHIFT+P and type "settings.json")
Put "editor.wordWrap": "bounded" in the json file, like this:
{
... ,
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
... ,
}
and then it should work.
Windows: Ctrl + Shift + press the key "P". Now on the command line, type Toggle Word Wrap and press Enter.
Mac: Command + Shift + press the key "P". Now in the command line, type Toggle Word Wrap and press Enter.
For Dart check "Line length" property in Settings.
Accessibility support is on by default and it will override your selected wrapper behavior.
So disable Accessibility Support first.
Then choose "on" for the Word Wrap option.
You don't need to go into settings.json to enable word wrap.
Picture of the accessibility support option
Mac: Code -> Preferences -> Settings -> Type wordwrap in Search settings -> Change Editor: Word Wrap from off to on.
Windows: File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Type wordwrap in Search settings -> Change Editor: Word Wrap from off to on.
Click on Settings in VS Code editor
Search for wordwrap
Select "on" for the Editor Word Wrap as shown in screenshot below
If you want a permanent solution for wordwrapping lines, go to menu File → Preference → Settings and change editor.wordWrap: "on". This will apply always.
However, we usually keep changing our preference to check code. So, I use the Alt + Z key to wrap written code of a file or you can go to menu View → Toggle Word Wrap. This applies whenever you want not always. And again Alt + Z to undo wordwrap (will show the full line in one line).
In version 1.52 and above go to File > Preferences > Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor and change Word Wrap parameter as you wish
The language-specific example by #Riga is great. For a general setting, I would recommend the following:
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 90,
"editor.wrappingIndent": "same",
This wraps text if your viewport is smaller than the column limit (90 here) and uses the same indent when wrapping.
Step 1: Access to Dart extension settings
Step 2: Find Dart: Line Length, set it to 132 and then save settings
Step 3: Press Alt + Shit + F and you will see the lines are wrapping as configured.
I was using brackets editor and in brackets when the line is with the window code will use the next line
but in VS Code the code just goes on
in the same line which is frustrating I googled a lot of the settings but I just don't know what to search for.
i know there is some settings to be changed.
please help
Try Alt+Z or in main menu View -> Toggle Word Wrap
Also you can enable it in settings.json
// Controls how lines should wrap.
// - off: Lines will never wrap.
// - on: Lines will wrap at the viewport width.
// - wordWrapColumn: Lines will wrap at `editor.wordWrapColumn`.
// - bounded: Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport and `editor.wordWrapColumn`.
"editor.wordWrap": "on"
Or File -> Preferences -> Settings
For Mac users: Press option + z
In Eclipse 4.6.2, I tried to put a print margin indicator line at 80 characters using Preferences -> General -> Editors -> Text Editors -> [Checkbox] Show Print Margin. However, no matter what value I put in the Print Margin Column box, the line stays at column 120.
I'm certain the line I'm looking at is the Print Margin, because I can change its color in the same Preferences page. I've hit Apply and restarted Eclipse, but no luck.
Welcome to bug 468307, where your maximum line wrapping length is what matters.
2020-12-04:
I'm on eclipse-CDT version 2020-06 and the bug is still not fixed IMO.
the workaround is to modify the "Maximum line width" for your language
for example in C++: File --> Window --> Preferences --> C/C++ --> Code Style --> Formatter --> Edit --> Line Wrapping --> Line width and indentation levels --> click the "Maximum line width" textedit widget and modify the value to 80 or 100 or your desired value --> click "ok" (if your "ok" button is gray then read [gotcha-1] footnote)
other languages like Java require modifying the same "Maximum line width" but getting there might be different in the GUI
[gotcha-1]
gotcha: if the "ok" button is gray then you have to edit the "Profile name:" because it does not let you override a default profile.
For the other newcomers here, the line wrapping bug mentioned by #nitind can be solved at:
Preferences -> Language (i.e. C/C++, Java) -> Code Style -> Formatter -> Edit (or create new of your own) -> Line Wrapping (tab) -> Maximum line width
When using code files, you typically don't need longer lines to wrap around. However, with .md files this is in fact rather useful. However, I can't seem to find the option to enable word wrap so longer lines will be wrapped.
To reproduce, open Visual Studio Code resized to a small-enough window, and enter the following text in a new document:
This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum. This is my test lorem ipsum.
A linebreak before this.
The effect is this:
I'm trying to get the horizontal scrollbar to stay away, having line 1 wrap around at the right side of the window.
I've done a few things to answer my own question:
Search Stack Overflow: zero results at the time of writing this;
Meticulously going through the menu of Visual Studio Code: didn't find it;
Using the Command Palette with "wrap": gives no matching commands.
Perhaps it's not possible, and I'd need to file a feature request? Or am I missing something?
Note that I'd like to be able to turn it on and off quickly. For one, #PanagiotisKanavos mentioned in comments this solution to change wrapping behavior in the settings, but I'm looking for a quick command or menu option to do this (much like Notepad++ and Sublime Text 2 have).
Since v1.0 you can toggle word wrap:
with the new command editor.action.toggleWordWrap, or
from the View menu (*View** → Toggle Word Wrap), or
using the ALT+Z keyboard shortcut (for Mac: ⌥+Z).
It can also be controlled with the following settings:
editor.wordWrap
editor.wordWrapColumn
editor.wrappingIndent
Known issues:
renderLineHighlight should highlight the entire logical line
If you'd like these bugs fixed, please vote for them.
Go to menu File → Preferences → User Settings.
It will open up Default Settings and settings.json automatically. Just add the following in the settings.json file and save it. This will overwrite the default settings.
// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{ "editor.wrappingColumn": 0 }
wrappingColumn has been deprecated in favour of wordWrap.
Add this line to settings.json to set wordWrap on by default:
"editor.wordWrap": "on"
or open user settings:
Mac: ⌘ + ,
Windows: Ctrl + ,
Then search for "wordWrap" or scroll through the 'Commonly Used' settings to find it and select 'on'
Since version 0.3.0, wrapping has been put in the command palette. You can activate it with Toggle Word Wrap or Alt + Z.
Check out this screenshot (Toogle Word Wrap):
Go to the Preferences tab (menu File → Settings), and then search as “word wrap”. The following animated image is helpful too.
If you want to use text word wrap in your Visual Studio Code editor, you have to press button Alt + Z for text word wrap. Its word wrap is toggled between text wrap or unwrap.
Here you go with word-wrap on Visual Studio Code.
Since 1.9, it's possible to select a specific language for word wrap settings (or any settings). You can find this in the command palette under:
Preferences: Configure Language Specific Settings...
Which will take you to your "settings.json" for a selected language where you might include:
"[markdown]": {
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 100,
"editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn"
},
I am not sure when it was added, but I'm using v0.10.8 and
Alt + Z is the keyboard shortcut for turning word wrap on and off. This satisfies the requirement of "able to turn it on and off quickly".
The setting does not persist after closing Visual Studio Code. To persist, you need to set it through Radha's answer of using the settings.json file...
// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{ "editor.wrappingColumn": 0 }
Word wrap settings redesign
Here are the new word wrap options:
editor.wordWrap: "off" - Lines will never wrap.
editor.wordWrap: "on" - Lines will wrap at viewport width.
editor.wordWrap: "wordWrapColumn" - Lines will wrap at the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
editor.wordWrap: "bounded"
Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport width and the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
press ctrl+ shift + p
Preferences open keyboard shortcut
search Toggle Wrap word
Set your preferences toggle wrap word
NOTES:
Works for version 1.55.2
Default one is alt+z
Explained here Language-specific editor settings but specifically:
Ctrl+Shift+P and type "Preferences: Configure Language Specific Settings"
Select the language or add section in the file (start typing "[" to see list of suggestions) or edit section as you like if already there.
If set it to bounded you might need to adjust the editor.wordWrapColumn value to wrap depending on the screen size. With bounded Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport and editor.wordWrapColumn
Example:
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 200,
"[markdown]": {
"editor.wordWrap": "on",
},
"[plaintext]": {
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
},
"[typescript]": {
"editor.tabSize": 2,
"editor.wordWrap": "off",
},
If it's not working in mac,
make sure to tell VScode that you are not using a screen reader. I had word wrap on and restarted VScode, and it gave me a notification window saying that if I'm in a screenreader, yes or no, and to note that word-wrap does not work in screen readers.
This is from the VS Code docs as of May 2020:
Here are the new word wrap options:
editor.wordWrap: "off" - Lines will never wrap.
editor.wordWrap: "on" - Lines will wrap at viewport width.
editor.wordWrap: "wordWrapColumn" - Lines will wrap at the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
editor.wordWrap: "bounded" - Lines will wrap at the minimum of viewport width and the value of editor.wordWrapColumn.
So for example, if you want to have the lines wrapped at the boundary of the window, you should:
Open settings.json (Hit CTRL+SHIFT+P and type "settings.json")
Put "editor.wordWrap": "bounded" in the json file, like this:
{
... ,
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
... ,
}
and then it should work.
Windows: Ctrl + Shift + press the key "P". Now on the command line, type Toggle Word Wrap and press Enter.
Mac: Command + Shift + press the key "P". Now in the command line, type Toggle Word Wrap and press Enter.
For Dart check "Line length" property in Settings.
Accessibility support is on by default and it will override your selected wrapper behavior.
So disable Accessibility Support first.
Then choose "on" for the Word Wrap option.
You don't need to go into settings.json to enable word wrap.
Picture of the accessibility support option
Mac: Code -> Preferences -> Settings -> Type wordwrap in Search settings -> Change Editor: Word Wrap from off to on.
Windows: File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Type wordwrap in Search settings -> Change Editor: Word Wrap from off to on.
Click on Settings in VS Code editor
Search for wordwrap
Select "on" for the Editor Word Wrap as shown in screenshot below
If you want a permanent solution for wordwrapping lines, go to menu File → Preference → Settings and change editor.wordWrap: "on". This will apply always.
However, we usually keep changing our preference to check code. So, I use the Alt + Z key to wrap written code of a file or you can go to menu View → Toggle Word Wrap. This applies whenever you want not always. And again Alt + Z to undo wordwrap (will show the full line in one line).
In version 1.52 and above go to File > Preferences > Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor and change Word Wrap parameter as you wish
The language-specific example by #Riga is great. For a general setting, I would recommend the following:
"editor.wordWrap": "bounded",
"editor.wordWrapColumn": 90,
"editor.wrappingIndent": "same",
This wraps text if your viewport is smaller than the column limit (90 here) and uses the same indent when wrapping.
Step 1: Access to Dart extension settings
Step 2: Find Dart: Line Length, set it to 132 and then save settings
Step 3: Press Alt + Shit + F and you will see the lines are wrapping as configured.
I have a specific project where I need to wrap every code line at 65 characters. I have set up the eclipse Java code formatter properly for this. But what I really want is a vertical line to be drawn in the editor showing where the max line width while I am typing, not just when I run the formmater. I know this feature is available in some capacity because it is displayed in the code formatter property page.
I don't see any option in eclipse to turn this on and I didn't see any plug-ins that do it on Eclipse Plugin Central
Look in Windows / Preferences (at least on Windows - IIRC it moves around for different operating systems) then:
General -> Editors -> Text Editors -> Show Print Margin
Tick this and it should show the line.
As a quick way of finding this, use the search filter in the top and filter on "margin".
Notes from the comments - unverified by me, but I have no reason to doubt them:
It has changed somehow in 2016: For details see [here] (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=495490#c2) You have to set it in the formatter: From menu [Window]-->[Preferences], select [Java]-->[Code Style]-->[Formatter], and then edit your formatter profile. In the tab page [Line wrapping], you can find a setting named "Maximum line width". Change this setting, and the print margin in Java source editor will be changed too.
In Eclipse Luna (4.4):
Choose menu Window\Preference . Look at top-left corner, in search box type filter text, type: margin.
In section Apperance color option, Choose Print margin. Choose Show print margin. In text box Print margin column , type 65 as what you want.
#Jon Skeet's answer is incomplete.
(1/2) First, do what he said:
Window --> Preferences --> General --> Editors --> Text Editors --> check the box for Show Print Margin
Ticking this box will show the vertical line.
As a quick way of finding this, use the search filter in the top and filter on "margin".
However, this only shows the line, but under most situations the "Print margin column" value there is flat-out ignored.
To set the column number for where the line should be, do what #John Percival Hackworth mentions here:
(2/2) Go to:
Window --> Preferences --> C/C++ [or whatever language you are using] --> Code Style --> Formatter --> click Edit --> under the Line Wrapping tab set the value you desire for Maximum line width.
Side note:
Use Alt + Shift + Y to toggle soft line wrapping on and off. It will soft wrap (ie: no carriage return) at the end of the screen, however, not at the column you set above.
How do you enforce hard line wrapping at the column you set above (ie: that adds a carriage return)? I don't know yet. If you figure it out let me know. In Sublime Text 3 (a much better editor but with a much worse indexer/function definition finder :() it's Alt + Q.
Update: I think it may be possible with the "CppStyle" plugin, which uses clang-format, by using Ctrl + Shift + F to apply the auto-format, but I don't know the exact instructions to make it work yet.
Related:
Set tab width: Changing editor tab width in eclipse 3.5
After some months with Espressif, but also with other brands plugged-in Eclipse, I found how to enlarge maximum line width. I made a lot of attempts and show how to do for Espressif-IDE:
Right click a project->properties->C/C++ General->Formatter
->Enable Project specific settings->
New->Give your profile a name and base it on a built-in formatter: I choose BSD/Allman->Edit this new profile->within Line Wrapping tab type for example 200 for Maximum line width->Apply changes.
Format source files: you'll have long lines.
Before I did the same manouvres starting from:
Window->Preferences->C/C++->code Style->Formatter... : that never worked.