How to indent/format a selection of code in VSCode with ctrl+shift+f












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I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode



I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.



I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.










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    I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode



    I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.



    I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.










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      I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode



      I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.



      I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.










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      I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode



      I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.



      I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.







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          I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:





          • Select the lines you want to indent,

          • use Ctrl + ] to indent them.


          If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):




          • Select the lines you want to format,

          • use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.






          share|improve this answer


























          • On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

            – Damien Leroux
            Nov 9 '16 at 9:24








          • 2





            Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

            – SridharKritha
            May 2 '17 at 16:29






          • 1





            What about OSX?

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 8 '18 at 1:22











          • @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

            – Alex Johnson
            Jul 12 '18 at 13:33













          • @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 14 '18 at 0:29





















          43















          • you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
            TAB

          • and also indent backward using Shift+TAB


          and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .






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            this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

            – Abe Fehr
            Aug 6 '18 at 13:38











          • I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

            – Mohamed Allal
            Aug 14 '18 at 21:59



















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          In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format



          Option + Shift + F





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          • Thankyou thankyou!

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          I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:





          • Select the lines you want to indent,

          • use Ctrl + ] to indent them.


          If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):




          • Select the lines you want to format,

          • use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.






          share|improve this answer


























          • On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

            – Damien Leroux
            Nov 9 '16 at 9:24








          • 2





            Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

            – SridharKritha
            May 2 '17 at 16:29






          • 1





            What about OSX?

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 8 '18 at 1:22











          • @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

            – Alex Johnson
            Jul 12 '18 at 13:33













          • @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 14 '18 at 0:29


















          55















          I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:





          • Select the lines you want to indent,

          • use Ctrl + ] to indent them.


          If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):




          • Select the lines you want to format,

          • use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.






          share|improve this answer


























          • On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

            – Damien Leroux
            Nov 9 '16 at 9:24








          • 2





            Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

            – SridharKritha
            May 2 '17 at 16:29






          • 1





            What about OSX?

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 8 '18 at 1:22











          • @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

            – Alex Johnson
            Jul 12 '18 at 13:33













          • @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 14 '18 at 0:29
















          55












          55








          55








          I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:





          • Select the lines you want to indent,

          • use Ctrl + ] to indent them.


          If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):




          • Select the lines you want to format,

          • use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.






          share|improve this answer
















          I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:





          • Select the lines you want to indent,

          • use Ctrl + ] to indent them.


          If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):




          • Select the lines you want to format,

          • use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.







          share|improve this answer














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          answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40









          Shaun LuttinShaun Luttin

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          • On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

            – Damien Leroux
            Nov 9 '16 at 9:24








          • 2





            Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

            – SridharKritha
            May 2 '17 at 16:29






          • 1





            What about OSX?

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 8 '18 at 1:22











          • @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

            – Alex Johnson
            Jul 12 '18 at 13:33













          • @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 14 '18 at 0:29





















          • On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

            – Damien Leroux
            Nov 9 '16 at 9:24








          • 2





            Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

            – SridharKritha
            May 2 '17 at 16:29






          • 1





            What about OSX?

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 8 '18 at 1:22











          • @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

            – Alex Johnson
            Jul 12 '18 at 13:33













          • @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

            – GreenAsJade
            Jul 14 '18 at 0:29



















          On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

          – Damien Leroux
          Nov 9 '16 at 9:24







          On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!

          – Damien Leroux
          Nov 9 '16 at 9:24






          2




          2





          Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

          – SridharKritha
          May 2 '17 at 16:29





          Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )

          – SridharKritha
          May 2 '17 at 16:29




          1




          1





          What about OSX?

          – GreenAsJade
          Jul 8 '18 at 1:22





          What about OSX?

          – GreenAsJade
          Jul 8 '18 at 1:22













          @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

          – Alex Johnson
          Jul 12 '18 at 13:33







          @GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.

          – Alex Johnson
          Jul 12 '18 at 13:33















          @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

          – GreenAsJade
          Jul 14 '18 at 0:29







          @AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.

          – GreenAsJade
          Jul 14 '18 at 0:29















          43















          • you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
            TAB

          • and also indent backward using Shift+TAB


          and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .






          share|improve this answer



















          • 1





            this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

            – Abe Fehr
            Aug 6 '18 at 13:38











          • I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

            – Mohamed Allal
            Aug 14 '18 at 21:59
















          43















          • you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
            TAB

          • and also indent backward using Shift+TAB


          and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .






          share|improve this answer



















          • 1





            this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

            – Abe Fehr
            Aug 6 '18 at 13:38











          • I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

            – Mohamed Allal
            Aug 14 '18 at 21:59














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          43








          43








          • you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
            TAB

          • and also indent backward using Shift+TAB


          and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .






          share|improve this answer














          • you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
            TAB

          • and also indent backward using Shift+TAB


          and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .







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          answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13









          Mohamed AllalMohamed Allal

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            this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

            – Abe Fehr
            Aug 6 '18 at 13:38











          • I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

            – Mohamed Allal
            Aug 14 '18 at 21:59














          • 1





            this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

            – Abe Fehr
            Aug 6 '18 at 13:38











          • I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

            – Mohamed Allal
            Aug 14 '18 at 21:59








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          1





          this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

          – Abe Fehr
          Aug 6 '18 at 13:38





          this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is

          – Abe Fehr
          Aug 6 '18 at 13:38













          I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

          – Mohamed Allal
          Aug 14 '18 at 21:59





          I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.

          – Mohamed Allal
          Aug 14 '18 at 21:59











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          In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format



          Option + Shift + F





          share|improve this answer
























          • Thankyou thankyou!

            – GreenAsJade
            Dec 7 '18 at 8:13
















          2














          In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format



          Option + Shift + F





          share|improve this answer
























          • Thankyou thankyou!

            – GreenAsJade
            Dec 7 '18 at 8:13














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          Option + Shift + F





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          In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format



          Option + Shift + F






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