How to get VS Code to stop complaining about comments in JSON files:

1. Open your settings as JSON.
2. Add this:

"files.associations": {
    "*.json": "jsonc"
}

I'm not saying you want to do this. You might not. JSON shouldn't have comments. But if you do want to, that's how you do it.

You can also use specific file names or paths there instead of grenading every *.json file into *.jsonc (json "with comments").

Labels: noteToSelf, vscode

Essentially all my life, if I've had text selected in an editor and typed a character, the text disappears (is deleted) and only the character typed remains in its place.

I've noticed VS Code doesn't do this by default for all characters. It auto-surrounds instead. /sigh

If I have code selected and hit {, it surrounds all of that selection with a pair of squiggle brackets instead of deleting it.

(I actually hate auto-closing brackets too. If I type { even with nothiing selected, please don't insert a } I now have to manage. Note that theses are two different behaviors.)

For me, the solution is to turn off autoSurround.

In json:

editor.autoSurround": "never"

And in the Settings UI.

Thank you for attending this sanity talk.

Labels: noteToSelf, vscode