I did it many times, and each time I forgot where it was.
Menu File → Preferences → Settings.
I get this:
I want to open file settings.json (editable JSON file) instead. How can I do that?
To open the User settings:
Open the command palette (either with F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P)
Type "open settings"
You are presented with a few options¹, choose Open User Settings (JSON)
This image was taken in the VS Code online editor
Which, from the manual and depending on platform, is one of:
Windows %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json²
macOS $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json
Linux $HOME/.config/Code/User/settings.json
The Workspace settings will be in a {workspaceName}.code-workspace file where you saved it, and the Folder settings will be in a .vscode folder if and when it has been created.
Official page on User and Workspace Settings
As stated by sevencardz below, VS Code includes a button in the Settings UI gutter which can be used to switch between JSON and graphical view.
The workbench.settings.editor option selects which of the settings files is opened by default when not using the above method, such as with the shortcut ⌘+, or through the application menu.
Footnotes
The aforementioned settings, User and Workspace. Remote settings will appear when using WSL.
By a test this maps to %APPDATA%\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json, I am not sure by what logic.
On the settings UI page, there's a special button in the top right corner gutter that toggles between the settings.json file and the settings UI.
Bonus Answer:
Add "workbench.settings.editor": "json" to your settings.json file. This will make it so that menu File → Preferences → Settings or ⌘ + , opens your settings.json file by default. Optionally, add a comment at the top to remind yourself where the toggle button is.
// Click the Open Settings (UI) button in the top
// right corner gutter to toggle the settings UI
{
// Other settings in settings.json
// ...
"workbench.settings.editor": "json"
}
Follow these steps:
Shift + CMD + P
Type "settings"
Click on "Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)"
Visual Studio Code Tips and Tricks
If you want to edit local workspace/folder settings instead of global user settings, you can edit the file .vscode/settings.json (shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd + P and type "settings.json").
If that settings.json file or the folder .vscode do not exist, you can create them in the folder directory.
These settings will apply to the specific project.
These changes are global, so it will affect all of your projects.
You can change the settings.json file from user preferences.
Menu File → Preferences → Settings → Extensions → search for "Edit in settings.json"
Eventually edit these files directly:
Linux: $HOME/.config/Code/User/settings.json
macOS: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
On Windows, the default keybind to open the settings UI within VSCode is Ctrl + ,. From there, there is a button at the top right to "Open Settings (JSON)":
That is one way to get to it. For convenience, I have bound Ctrl + Shift + , to opening the settings JSON. For reference, the setting ID for that is workbench.action.openSettingsJson.
Open VS Code.
Go to settings by clicking the keyboard shortcut ctrl + , or with GUI
File -> Preferences -> Settings
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Click on the Open Settings (JSON) icon.
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Once you click on the icon it should open settings.json file
If still, that did not work.
Go to the search bar and type json:scheme
There click on Edit in settings.json. This should work.
But still, if it hit you in the head with a brick please let me know.
In Just 2 steps
1- Hit the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P
(If you use a MAC it's ⌘+Shift+P):
2- Type in the search bar user settings json, and finally press Enter:
And you're done! Here you can change the general configs of VS Code in the settings.json.
However note that that there are also other types of settings.json which are relative to a project or a workspace for instance.
On a Mac the settings file is found at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json - it can be opened from the command line:
open -a 'visual studio code.app' ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json
On Windows:
Click (Fn) + F1 (or Ctrl + P + >)
Type open settings json
Select Preferences: open settings (JSON)
Related
I don't see a keyboard shortcut for "Open Folder..." listed on the documentation page below, and after searching elsewhere for a while I didn't see anything else.
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings
I thought I would ask here before putting an issue on GitHub about it. (Also there doesn't seem to be a open / closed issue about this anywhere on the GitHub repo.)
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues
There is indeed a shortcut for it, the command is workbench.action.files.openFolder, and the default keybinding is Ctrl+K,Ctrl+O.
It's easy to find in the list of shortcuts (File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts) if you search for "folder" or "openFolder" in the Default Keybindings.
Hit Cmd+O on macOS or Ctrl+O on Windows/Linux to activate the open dialog, select a folder, and click "Open."
Note: This answer was written before multiple folder workspaces were implemented in VS Code. If you open folders this way, it will replace your entire workspace with the folder you selected to open. If you want to add a folder to your existing workspace, you must use Cmd+K, Cmd+O on a macOS or Ctrl+K, Ctrl+O on Windows/Linux.
I can access the (JSON) file by simply:
Open the command palette (either with F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P)
Type "open settings"
And then choose Open Settings (JSON)
The thing is that when i open those settings all the options presented are these:
"workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "------------",
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Command Prompt",
"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
Nothing more, I want to change my option through the (JSON) settings.
I even installed the VIM extension and I would love to be able to customize it in the (JSON) file.
Any suggestions?
settings.json is empty by default. It only contains settings that you've modified.
You can show the full list of JSON settings using Ctrl+Shift+P -> Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON). Or just modify them from the GUI.
Does the json file not just override what is the default setting? so anything you put in there becomes the new default?
(Also, settings can be for a project workspace or global, so is that file in your project?)
When you want to make a different settings on a specific project, you will make .vscode/settings.json.
I know how to make .vscode/settings.json. If I make that directory and file and name as .vscode and settings.json then those files will be functioning as the setting of the project of the directory.
But I'm lazy to do those all acts. Is there some simpler ways to make the settings.json file on each project directory? Like by using a shortcut key we could make the file, or just by using a button from a extension.
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I think,
Select File > Preferences > Settings (or press Ctrl+,)
and Select Workspace tab, and then changing any setting
is the fastest way to make the .vscode/settings.json now.
if you change any setting of there, immediately vscode will make the file. No other shortcut, but I think this is quite reasonable.
If you need to change some settings in vscode, vscode will make the .vscode/settings.json automatically.
go to settings GUI, Ctrl+,
select Workspace tab
click Open Settings (JSON) button in top right corner
Or
Execute command: Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)
Or any of the other open settings commands.
Whenever i'm searching for a file in project using cmd+p and opening the file hitting enter its opens. If i search again using cmd+p then the file is opened in the same tab. How to open files in different tabs.
VSCODE - Version 1.6.1 (1.6.1)
That's because by default the file first opens in preview mode. As long as you don't edit the first file or double click its tab, the tab will be reused.
If this behaviour is not you thing, you can disable it with the following setting:
"workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false
If you want to disable preview mode global (as in: disable it when you click a file from the side pane), there's:
"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false
Is there a property name that can be added to the settings.json for the default open/save location?
There is not. The workaround would be to create a shortcut to launch vscode with the location of the folder you want to open on startup. You can append a path as argument for VS Code to open.
In addition, VS Code will always remember the last folder you opened and restore it when you restart.
I found a solution. Edit the shortcut of VSCode and change the startup location.
On Windows:
Open Start Menu and locate Visual Studio Code
Right click on the Visual Studio Code icon
Select More >
Select Open File Location
Right click on the shortcut icon and select Property
Change the Startup Location to what you want
Save files to a default location in local machine with VS Code on Mac:
Here is a screenshot of how to get into VS preferences. Click VS community (on your menu bar) and the drop-down menu will display preferences. Within preferences, click on projects then load/save and you will find the default load/save locations.