formatter: allow custom switch-case indentation

[andreineculau]

TypeScript Version: 2.5.2

Code

Format the following

switch (foo) {
case 'bar':
  break;
}

Expected behavior:

Keep it the same.

Actual behavior:

case is indented.

switch (foo) {
  case 'bar':
    break;
}

This becomes more problematic when used with tslint or javascript code with eslint, because on different systems we can see one winning over the other randomly i.e. sometimes the case is indented, sometimes it's not (eslint rule says do not indent).

[vincenzovitale]

Hi guys,
any news on this?

[kenjisiu-ibmhk]

@andreineculau It has been almost half a year, is there any news on this? I suggest adding a setting (configurable in settings.json) for this, and making the default the new behavior (same indent level for switch and case, one more indent for statement in a case). Thanks!

[andreineculau]

I have no news. Running with a disabled tsformatter. The issue is marked with "awaiting more feedback" but not sure from who.

[maxcurzi]

I'm programming in C and I'm quite happy with how the autoformat formats the code (it's reasonably close to our coding standard, and MISRA guidelines). However, it is desired in my case that there are indents for switch case statements.

What I obtain now after pressing ALT+SHIFT+F:

What I would like:

And, ideally, the "case" keywords should be the same color as "switch"'s (although, if I remove the brackets after "case" the "case" word does become the expected color.

Is that possible?
VSCode 1.21.1

[Sanae6]

I'd want a setting made for this specific issue because of some cases of people wanting indent or not.
I'm one of the people who wants indenting like

instead of

since it is in every way less confusing for me to look at. I use Java in another IDE and Node.js with vscode and it'd be nice if I could see my switch case setup look like my Java ones (case is indented)
using 1.25.1

edit: oof i didn't actually format the second picture properly and this time i used the keybind for reformatting

[dingcang]

hi guys, how is the progress

[ricardolpd]

I guess this has a really low priority, as its annoying but not a big deal. Does anyone from the vscode have an expected release for this?

[xmedeko]

This is really a severe issue for me using autoformat in VS Code, so I cannot use autoformat due to this bug. And for me, one of the main tasks of IDE is to do code autoformat. IMO it's a major failure of VS Code. All mature IDEs have configurable indentations.

[phamminhkhac]

any good news?

[IllanRULDACUNHA]

I'm also interested in the feature, to be able to configure the auto-indent for switchs/cases. I don't like the current behavior.

Any news on this, please?

[orielz]

any good news? very annoying issue

[cdrapes]

this feature would be very helpful for my team!

[SoapyMan]

I kinda find flat annoying to eyes too so I prefer indented variant.

[ftzi]

There should be a setting for it. Shame that it hasn't been done yet. ESLint does it well.

[phamminhkhac]

4 years later:

[nfearnleyx]

cough

[pedroalles]

4.5 years later:

[iqapps]

cough, cough

[andrewbranch]

I would be happy to look at a PR adding a formatter setting for this. Implementer be warned; our indenter code (“SmartIndenter” 🙄) is not the easiest to work with.

[itzmanish]

Almost 5 years later, same issue no fix 🙄.

[andrewbranch]

Are you volunteering? All the other “N years” commenters have been pretty quiet since I marked it “Help Wanted.” I thought for sure somebody would have given this a shot by now. 😄

[donaldnevermore]

I'll have a try.

[donaldnevermore]

@andrewbranch Needs help here. The code worked, but I'm not sure if there are more test cases that can be added. I don't really know what is behind the tests folder. It's not like using a testing framework.

[a-pav]

What is the equivalent setting for javascript?

I have
"typescript.format.indentSwitchCase"
but no
"javascript.format.indentSwitchCase"

[xmedeko]

@a-pav I have created new issue for JavaScript microsoft/vscode#235085 Please, vote for it if it still affects you.