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warliang96
warliang96

Reputation: 11

VSCode Default Settings Tab Is Gone

Whenever you open settings.json usually two windows open up, which are default settings and user settings.

However, whenever I open up settings it only shows the settings.json file in the editor tab. It would be nice to be able to see the default settings of extensions and other things. Below is an image of what I'm talking about.

My settings file: enter image description here

What I want: enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

Views: 266

Answers (2)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 182591

It appears you want these two settings:

// Determines which settings editor to use by default.

// - ui: Use the settings UI editor.
// - json: Use the JSON file editor.

"workbench.settings.editor": "json",

and

// Controls whether opening settings also opens an editor showing all default settings.

"workbench.settings.openDefaultSettings": true,

Upvotes: 0

Matt Bierner
Matt Bierner

Reputation: 65543

The split json settings view was removed as the default in VS Code 1.31: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_31#_use-simple-text-editor-for-editing-settings-as-json

For now, you can still set workbench.settings.useSplitJSON to restore it. However this option may be removed in the future

Upvotes: 1

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