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Development Tools Visual Studio Code Extensions

Juliana Snow
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BracketPairColorizer Question about formatting

Each time I try to do the shortcuts suggested for Mac (cmd +), I get the response "unable to write in user settings. Please open the user settings to correct errors/warnings in it and try again."

Since I don't know javascript yet, which I am guessing is the language of the "settings.json" file, I'm not sure where to put the code: "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true

Can someone please guide me?

Caleb Kemp
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I don't really use a Mac, and I'm not sure who would have experience using Visual Studio on a Mac, otherwise, I would tag someone for you. I just wrote this so you could at least know your question wasn't being entirely ignored.

1 Answer

Megan Amendola
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Hi,  Juliana Snow!

Bracket Pair Colorizer has actually been added to Visual Studio Code so you don't need to install an extension anymore. You can enable the extension by navigating to your settings in VSCode and then typing in bracket into the search bar should bring up the checkbox to enable it.

VSCode Settings: Bracket Pair Colorizer

As far as the commands not working, it sounds like something is causing an error in your settings at the moment and you will need to go in and clear the errors before they will work again ("Please open the user settings to correct errors/warnings in it and try again."). Errors typically show up in red or underlined in red. If you can share photos or a video of what is happening then we might be able to help out more.