Auto-import references using paths from tsconfig

Question

I have some path references set up in tsconfig.json and would like to use those when auto-importing a new reference to a file. Right now, if I have a paths reference like:

"paths": {
      "tools/*": [ "../Frontend.Tools/*" ]
    }

When I hit Ctrl+space on a ConfigurationModel reference Visual Studio will do auto imports like

import { ConfigurationModel } from '../../../Frontend.Tools/configuration';

but what I want is

import { ConfigurationModel } from 'tools/configuration';

How can i make this happen?

Answer 1

There is a setting in Options > Text Editor > JavaScript/TypeScript > Formatting > General

Module Specifier Preference

The top option did what I wanted:

Prefers using a non-relative import only if one is available that has fewer path segments than a relative import