How to indent/format a selection of code in VSCode with ctrl+shift+f

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode

I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.

I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

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asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

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I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode

I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.

I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

add a comment |

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode

I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.

I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode

I read How do you format code in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) post that gives shortcuts to indent the whole code but it doesn't work when selecting a specific section of code.

I tried ctrl+shift+F after selecting some line in my code but the whole file is indented. I'm on Windows with VSCode Insider 1.8.0. Any help is appreciated.

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edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

edited Aug 13 at 7:58

darshan a n

326114

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

asked Nov 8 '16 at 17:25

Damien Leroux

5,43932244

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I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:

Select the lines you want to indent,

use Ctrl + ] to indent them.

If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):

Select the lines you want to format,

use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

2

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

1

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

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you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
TAB

and also indent backward using Shift+TAB

and of course for auto indentation and formatting, following the language your using you can see which good extension do the good job, and which formatters to install or which parameters settings to enable or set. Each language and it's available tools. Just make sure to read well the documentation of the extension, to install and set all what it need. Up to now indentation problem bother me with python when copy pasting a block of code, if that's the case here how you solve that https://stackoverflow.com/a/46899704/7668448 .

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

1

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

add a comment |

In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format

Option + Shift + F

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

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3 Answers
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I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:

Select the lines you want to indent,

use Ctrl + ] to indent them.

If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):

Select the lines you want to format,

use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

2

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

1

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

add a comment |

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:

Select the lines you want to indent,

use Ctrl + ] to indent them.

If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):

Select the lines you want to format,

use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

2

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

1

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

add a comment |

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:

Select the lines you want to indent,

use Ctrl + ] to indent them.

If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):

Select the lines you want to format,

use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

I want to indent a specific section of code in VSCode:

Select the lines you want to indent,

use Ctrl + ] to indent them.

If you want to format a section (instead of indent it):

Select the lines you want to format,

use Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F to format them.

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

edited Nov 8 '16 at 22:46

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

answered Nov 8 '16 at 22:40

Shaun Luttin

57.3k32220281

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

2

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

1

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

add a comment |

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

2

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

1

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

On my keyboard, ] and ) are on the same key. So when using it, it unindent the seleciton. Ctrl + K, Ctrl + F works well. Thank you!
– Damien Leroux
Nov 9 '16 at 9:24

Shift + Alt + F can also be used for formatting ( Windows Platform )
– SridharKritha
May 2 '17 at 16:29

What about OSX?
– GreenAsJade
Jul 8 at 1:22

@GreenAsJade On MacOS, Cmd + ] (indent) and Cmd + [ (unindent) works for me.
– Alex Johnson
Jul 12 at 13:33

@AlexJohnson sorry, I was asking about what about OSX format selected lines.
– GreenAsJade
Jul 14 at 0:29

add a comment |

you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
TAB

and also indent backward using Shift+TAB

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

1

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

add a comment |

you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
TAB

and also indent backward using Shift+TAB

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

1

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

add a comment |

you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
TAB

and also indent backward using Shift+TAB

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

you can also indent a whole section by selecting it and clicking
TAB

and also indent backward using Shift+TAB

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

answered Oct 23 '17 at 23:13

Mohamed Allal

1,9111318

1

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

add a comment |

1

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

this doesn't work in VS Code for me, pressing tab while selecting text simply adds a tab where my cursor is
– Abe Fehr
Aug 6 at 13:38

I think you selected only a portion of one line text. For that to work, you have too cases: you have selected multi-lines and in such a case it doesn't matter how much you selected, it will work. The other case is to select the whole line where it will work too. If you select just a portion from one line, then the behavior is that a tab will be inserted in place of the selected text. I tested that in both windows and linux systems. Confirm if it's the same with you, or there is something wrong with your config.
– Mohamed Allal
Aug 14 at 21:59

add a comment |

In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format

Option + Shift + F

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

add a comment |

In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format

Option + Shift + F

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

add a comment |

In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format

Option + Shift + F

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

In OSx "Document Format" , Select all lines that you need format

Option + Shift + F

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

answered Nov 22 at 23:47

Adrian Romero

405

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

add a comment |

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

Thankyou thankyou!
– GreenAsJade
Dec 7 at 8:13

add a comment |

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