No ESLint configuration found for Visual Studio Code

Question

I have installed the ESLint plugin for Visual Studio Code editor and it shows that it is installed also but still I see the error: No ESLint configuration found for Visual Studio Code at the top of the editor window as shown in the screenshot below:

Can anyone help me to know is there anything that I am missing here.

Answer 1

Upgrade issue 8.31 to 9.1

I upgraded eslint by mistake. Downgrade from 9.1 to 8.31 helped me. In order to upgare go trough migration guide https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/migrate-to-9.0.0

Answer 2

Update for April 2024:

The eslint.experimental.useFlatConfig option is now deprecated in favour of eslint.useFlatConfig in settings.json:

"eslint.experimental.useFlatConfig": true,

At the time of writing you'll need to switch VSCode to use the pre-release version of the ESLint extension (v3.0.5).

See: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint (and for updates after I post this)

After a lot of foul cursing from me, directed first at the flat config destroying the last hour of my life and then at VSCode for giving me zero linting information this finally seems to have worked.

I hope it gives someone else a sigh of relief.

Answer 3

If anyone stumbles upon this in 2024:

I encountered this message today, having the "new" format eslint.config.js in my project but no .eslintrc.* (which is now deprecated)

I had to activate the new format in the plugin via adding this line in .vscode/settings.json

  "eslint.experimental.useFlatConfig": true,

The description of this option says "Enables support of experimental Flat Config (aka eslint.config.js, supported by ESLint version 8.21 or later)."

Answer 4

You are missing .eslintrc.* file. Which can be in different format js, json, yaml... There are two available methods to create configuration file

• Manually, just create file and add rules

• use init command $ ./node_modules/.bin/eslint --init or eslint --init if you have ESLint installed globally. Then follow instructions and after edit created file to your liking.

  More info:

• http://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring

• https://github.com/eslint/eslint