json
{
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"editor.formatOnPaste": true
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Hide build artifacts
Exclude generated directories from explorer and search.
jsonANYsettingssearchfiles
json
{
"files.exclude": {
"**/dist": true,
"**/build": true,
"**/.next": true
},
"search.exclude": {
"**/dist": true,
"**/build": true,
"**/.next": true
}
}json
{
"files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
"files.autoSaveDelay": 1000
}Terminal and Language Overrides
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{
"terminal.integrated.scrollback": 10000
}Per-language formatter override
Use different defaults for specific file types.
jsonANYsettingslanguage
json
{
"[typescript]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
},
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"editor.formatOnSave": true
}
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