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iamPavan
iamPavan

Reputation: 275

How to get settings.json content from vscode api extension

I am building a vscode extension, where i needed the content of settings.json file. I tried the below one to get a specific value like colorTheme,

const workSpaceConfig = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("editor");
console.log(workSpaceConfig.get("fontSize")); // which returns 14

What if want the whole content which is in settings.json, like the below.

Settings.json (Example),

{
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Quiet Light",
  "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  ...
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2436

Answers (1)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 181170

This might get you started, although it is unclear how you plan to use the returned information.

  let all = await vscode.workspace.getConfiguration();

  let allAsJSON = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(all));  // the key line

  const editorSettings = allAsJSON.editor;

//  ==> 
//    {
//      tabSize: 2,
//      fontSize: 12,
//      insertSpaces: true,
//      detectIndentation: false,
//      trimAutoWhitespace: true,
//      largeFileOptimizations: true,
//      semanticHighlighting: {
//        enabled: "configuredByTheme",
//      },
//      <etc.>
//    }

  const editorFontSizeSetting = editorSettings.fontSize;  // 14

  // all["editor"].fontSize ==> 14  // this also works

The alternative is to find the settings.json file, JSON.parse() it.

As @LexLi intimated in his comment, user settings can be overridden by workplace settings for example.

Upvotes: 4

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