Visual Studio Code formatting for "{ }"
I'm on Ubuntu. C++ in Visual Studio Code automatically lints like
if (condition == true)
{
DoStuff();
}
Instead I want to do :
if (condition == true) {
DoStuff();
}
How do I do that?
I've already installed the C/C++ extension from the marketplace.
base on @Chris Drew's answer
- Go Preferences -> Settings
- Search for C_Cpp.clang_format_fallbackStyle
- Click Edit, Copy to Settings
- Change from "Visual Studio" to
"{ BasedOnStyle: Google, IndentWidth: 4 }"
e.g.
"C_Cpp.clang_format_fallbackStyle": "{ BasedOnStyle: Google, IndentWidth: 4, ColumnLimit: 0}"
- btw
ColumnLimit: 0
is helpful too, because google limit will break your code to next line when you do not need it.
If you want more:
- check https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html
- customize your functionality to "C_Cpp.clang_format_fallbackStyle" for your loved favor.
More detail:
English: https://medium.com/@zamhuang/vscode-how-to-customize-c-s-coding-style-in-vscode-ad16d87e93bf
Taiwan: https://medium.com/@zamhuang/vscode-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%9C%A8-vscode-%E4%B8%8A%E8%87%AA%E5%AE%9A%E7%BE%A9-c-%E7%9A%84-coding-style-c8eb199c57ce
- Go File -> Preferences -> Settings
- Search for
C_Cpp.clang_format_fallbackStyle
- Change from "Visual Studio" to "LLVM", "Google" or "WebKit"
I generally have my own way of formatting almost everything :) so i prefer the most flexible way to achieve this. VS code is by far the most flexible editor as far as c++ formatting is concerned and also "easy".
This is what you should do to get custom formatting.
- create a file named .clang-format under the top folder of your work space.
- then start putting your configuration. you can refer page Clang format Style to know various options available.
- save the file and then either use Format Document (Ctrl+Shift+I) or Format Selection (Ctrl+K Ctrl+F)
Here is my file for your reference.
Standard: Cpp11
BasedOnStyle: LLVM
IndentWidth: 4
ColumnLimit: 0
AccessModifierOffset: -4
NamespaceIndentation: All
BreakBeforeBraces: Custom
BraceWrapping:
AfterEnum: true
AfterStruct: true
AfterClass: true
SplitEmptyFunction: true
AfterControlStatement: false
AfterNamespace: false
AfterFunction: true
AfterUnion: true
AfterExternBlock: false
BeforeCatch: false
BeforeElse: false
SplitEmptyRecord: true
SplitEmptyNamespace: true
The formatting you are interested in especially is "AfterControlStatement: false"