Make VS Code better by editing and updating some settings

This article describes five tips on how to make
VS Code development experience a bit better (at least for my kind
of use cases -> Frontend Development) by enabling and editing some settings which are not set by default. You can go to your
settings and enable each one of these by either opening it up via the command palette

1. CMD + ⌘ + P
2. Type in settings
3. - 3. Select Open Workspace Settings (JSON)

or with the shortcut (CMD + ,) and click on the icon Open Settings (JSON) on the upper right corner.

Here are the five 🔥 things I add to improve my development environment.

1. Enable bracket colorization

Using bracket colorization makes it easier to see where code blocks start and end.

// settings.json

// 1. enables vscode native bracket colorization
 "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true

2. Enable bracket pair guides

Besides using bracket colorization, I love to add bracket pair guides.

// settings.json

// 2. enables vscode pair guides
"editor.guides.bracketPairs": true,

3. Highlight modified Tab

I like to make it more clear which file I work on.

// settings.json

// 3. highlight active tab
"workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs": true,

4. Using Font Ligatures

It makes it easier to distinguish comparisons between code lines.

// settings.json

// use a font with font ligatures
"editor.fontFamily": "Jetbrains Mono, Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
// 4. enable font ligature
"editor.fontLigatures": true,

5. Enabling Inlay hints

It can help you see what properties need to get passed into functions. without having to hover over the function call.

// settings.json

// 5. enable parameter hints
"typescript.inlayHints.parameterNames.enabled": "all",

Comments

[coinzdude]

Amazing. Would love to see a compilation of this, and others suggestions in the thread here

[marouane moutih]

it's the little things that make a big difference, thnaks a lott

[iniisking]

Not everyone uses a Mac. There's no guide for Windows users.

[Marco Giuliani]

It's the same,
with Ctrl+Shift+P
rather than CMD + ⌘ + P

[Boshra Jaber]

Great ones, I would like to add some of my favorite settings as well:

 // settings for auto format on paste, save, and type
 "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.formatOnType": true

[Erlangga Dewa Sakti]

number 5 is so awesome, thanks sir

[Randell Brian Knight]

Awesome, Thanks

[RobbeCl]

I love this setting "typescript.inlayHints.parameterNames.enabled", thanks! :-)

[Timmortal]

(at least for my kind
of use cases -> Frontende Development)

I see a typo, an extra "e" after Frontend

[alsidneio]

This is dope. It's always the little things that make a big difference.

[Jackson Kasi]

very thanks @jcofman i like this theme 🥰✌