VSCode - Prettier does not format on save

Since recently the "editor.formatOnSave": true, is not working in my VSCode. Previously prettier formatted the code automatically on save and it worked… Any idea why it stopped working?

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AnkiCodes

Last edited on Oct. 14 2020 at 08:36

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Thanks for your solution! I just ran into the problem, that I also have another AutoFormatter Extension installed for VS Code which didn't work because I specified prettier as defaultFormatter.

I could resolve it with overriding the defaultFormatter for the specific filetype where I want to use the other Extension for formatting:

{
  ...
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
  "[prisma]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "Prisma.prisma"
  }
}

Dominik Sumer

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Last edited on Nov. 11 2020 at 19:48

Obviously now you have to tell VSCode which plugin you want to use as default formatter.
Set this on in your settings.json

{
  ...
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
}

Of course if you have installed the esbenp.prettier-vscode plugin 😉

AnkiCodes

Last edited on Oct. 15 2020 at 08:41

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