Configuration Settings
- Code Spell Checker
- Languages and Dictionaries
- Reporting and Display
- Files, Folders, and Workspaces
- Performance
- CSpell
- Advanced
- Experimental
- Legacy
Code Spell Checker
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.enabled | resource | Enable / Disable the spell checker. |
Definitions
cSpell.enabled
- Name
cSpell.enabled
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Enable / Disable the spell checker.
- Default
true
Languages and Dictionaries
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.caseSensitive | resource | Determines if words must match case and accent rules. |
cSpell.customDictionaries | resource | Custom Dictionaries |
cSpell.dictionaries | resource | Optional list of dictionaries to use. |
cSpell.dictionaryDefinitions | resource | Define additional available dictionaries. |
cSpell.flagWords | resource | List of words to always be considered incorrect. Words found in flagWords override words . |
cSpell.ignoreWords | resource | A list of words to be ignored by the spell checker. |
cSpell.language | resource | Current active spelling language. |
cSpell.languageSettings | resource | Additional settings for individual programming languages and locales. |
cSpell.noSuggestDictionaries | resource | Optional list of dictionaries that will not be used for suggestions. Words in these dictionaries… |
cSpell.userWords | resource | Words to add to global dictionary – should only be in the user config file. |
cSpell.words | resource | List of words to be considered correct. |
Definitions
cSpell.caseSensitive
- Name
cSpell.caseSensitive
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Determines if words must match case and accent rules.
false
- Case is ignored and accents can be missing on the entire word. Incorrect accents or partially missing accents will be marked as incorrect. Note: Some languages like Portuguese have case sensitivity turned on by default. You must use#cSpell.languageSettings#
to turn it off.true
- Case and accents are enforced by default.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.customDictionaries
- Name
cSpell.customDictionaries
– Custom Dictionaries- Type
- object
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Define custom dictionaries to be included by default. If
addWords
istrue
words will be added to this dictionary.Example:
"cSpell.customDictionaries": { "project-words": { "name": "project-words", "path": "${workspaceRoot}/project-words.txt", "description": "Words used in this project", "addWords": true }, "custom": true, // Enable the `custom` dictionary "internal-terms": false // Disable the `internal-terms` dictionary }
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.dictionaries
- Name
cSpell.dictionaries
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Optional list of dictionaries to use. Each entry should match the name of the dictionary. To remove a dictionary from the list add
!
before the name. i.e.!typescript
will turn off the dictionary with the nametypescript
. - Default
- - none -
cSpell.dictionaryDefinitions
- Name
cSpell.dictionaryDefinitions
- Type
- []
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Define additional available dictionaries.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.flagWords
- Name
cSpell.flagWords
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- List of words to always be considered incorrect. Words found in
flagWords
overridewords
.Format of
flagWords
- single word entry -
word
- with suggestions -
word:suggestion
orword->suggestion, suggestions
Example:
ts "flagWords": [ "color: colour", "incase: in case, encase", "canot->cannot", "cancelled->canceled" ]
- single word entry -
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.ignoreWords
- Name
cSpell.ignoreWords
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- A list of words to be ignored by the spell checker.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.language
- Name
cSpell.language
- Type
- string
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Current active spelling language. Example: “en-GB” for British English Example: “en,nl” to enable both English and Dutch
- Default
"en"
cSpell.languageSettings
- Name
cSpell.languageSettings
- Type
- object[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Additional settings for individual programming languages and locales.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.noSuggestDictionaries
- Name
cSpell.noSuggestDictionaries
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Optional list of dictionaries that will not be used for suggestions. Words in these dictionaries are considered correct, but will not be used when making spell correction suggestions.
Note: if a word is suggested by another dictionary, but found in one of these dictionaries, it will be removed from the set of possible suggestions.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.userWords
- Name
cSpell.userWords
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Words to add to global dictionary – should only be in the user config file.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.words
- Name
cSpell.words
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- List of words to be considered correct.
- Default
- - none -
Reporting and Display
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.autoFormatConfigFile | window | Auto Format Configuration File |
cSpell.diagnosticLevel | resource | Set Diagnostic Reporting Level |
cSpell.hideAddToDictionaryCodeActions | resource | Hide the options to add words to dictionaries or settings. |
cSpell.maxDuplicateProblems | resource | The maximum number of times the same word can be flagged as an error in a file. |
cSpell.maxNumberOfProblems | resource | Controls the maximum number of spelling errors per document. |
cSpell.minWordLength | resource | The minimum length of a word before checking it against a dictionary. |
cSpell.numSuggestions | resource | Controls the number of suggestions shown. |
cSpell.showAutocompleteSuggestions | language-overridable | Show CSpell in-document directives as you type. |
cSpell.showCommandsInEditorContextMenu | application | Show Spell Checker actions in Editor Context Menu |
cSpell.showStatus | application | Display the spell checker status on the status bar. |
cSpell.showStatusAlignment | application | The side of the status bar to display the spell checker status. |
cSpell.showSuggestionsLinkInEditorContextMenu | application | Show Spelling Suggestions link in the top level context menu. |
cSpell.suggestionMenuType | resource | The type of menu used to display spelling suggestions. |
cSpell.suggestionNumChanges | resource | The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions. |
cSpell.validateDirectives | window | Verify that the in-document directives are correct. |
Definitions
cSpell.autoFormatConfigFile
- Name
cSpell.autoFormatConfigFile
– Auto Format Configuration File- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- window
- Description
- If a
cspell
configuration file is updated, format the configuration file using the VS Code Format Document Provider. This will cause the configuration file to be saved prior to being updated. - Default
false
cSpell.diagnosticLevel
- Name
cSpell.diagnosticLevel
– Set Diagnostic Reporting Level- Type
- (
"Error"
|"Warning"
|"Information"
|"Hint"
)Error
Report Spelling Issues as Errors Warning
Report Spelling Issues as Warnings Information
Report Spelling Issues as Information Hint
Report Spelling Issues as Hints, will not show up in Problems - Scope
- resource
- Description
- Issues found by the spell checker are marked with a Diagnostic Severity Level. This affects the color of the squiggle.
- Default
"Information"
cSpell.hideAddToDictionaryCodeActions
- Name
cSpell.hideAddToDictionaryCodeActions
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Hide the options to add words to dictionaries or settings.
- Default
false
cSpell.maxDuplicateProblems
- Name
cSpell.maxDuplicateProblems
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The maximum number of times the same word can be flagged as an error in a file.
- Default
5
cSpell.maxNumberOfProblems
- Name
cSpell.maxNumberOfProblems
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Controls the maximum number of spelling errors per document.
- Default
100
cSpell.minWordLength
- Name
cSpell.minWordLength
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The minimum length of a word before checking it against a dictionary.
- Default
4
cSpell.numSuggestions
- Name
cSpell.numSuggestions
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Controls the number of suggestions shown.
- Default
8
cSpell.showAutocompleteSuggestions
- Name
cSpell.showAutocompleteSuggestions
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- Show CSpell in-document directives as you type.
Note: VS Code must be restarted for this setting to take effect.
- Default
false
cSpell.showCommandsInEditorContextMenu
- Name
cSpell.showCommandsInEditorContextMenu
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Show Spell Checker actions in Editor Context Menu
- Default
true
cSpell.showStatus
- Name
cSpell.showStatus
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Display the spell checker status on the status bar.
- Default
true
cSpell.showStatusAlignment
- Name
cSpell.showStatusAlignment
- Type
- (
"Left"
|"Right"
)Left
Left Side of Statusbar Right
Right Side of Statusbar - Scope
- application
- Description
- The side of the status bar to display the spell checker status.
- Default
"Right"
cSpell.showSuggestionsLinkInEditorContextMenu
- Name
cSpell.showSuggestionsLinkInEditorContextMenu
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Show Spelling Suggestions link in the top level context menu.
- Default
true
cSpell.suggestionMenuType
- Name
cSpell.suggestionMenuType
- Type
- (
"quickPick"
|"quickFix"
)quickPick
Suggestions will appear as a drop down at the top of the IDE. (Best choice for Vim Key Bindings) quickFix
Suggestions will appear inline near the word, inside the text editor. - Scope
- resource
- Description
- The type of menu used to display spelling suggestions.
- Default
"quickPick"
cSpell.suggestionNumChanges
- Name
cSpell.suggestionNumChanges
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The maximum number of changes allowed on a word to be considered a suggestions.
For example, appending an
s
ontoexample
->examples
is considered 1 change.Range: between 1 and 5.
- Default
3
cSpell.validateDirectives
- Name
cSpell.validateDirectives
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- window
- Description
- Verify that the in-document directives are correct.
- Default
- - none -
Files, Folders, and Workspaces
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.allowedSchemas | window | Define Allowed Schemas |
cSpell.checkOnlyEnabledFileTypes | resource | Check Only Enabled File Types |
cSpell.enableFiletypes | resource | File Types to Check |
cSpell.files | resource | Glob patterns of files to be checked. |
cSpell.globRoot | resource | The root to use for glop patterns found in this configuration. |
cSpell.ignorePaths | resource | Glob patterns of files to be ignored |
cSpell.import | resource | Allows this configuration to inherit configuration for one or more other files. |
cSpell.noConfigSearch | resource | Prevents searching for local configuration when checking individual documents. |
cSpell.spellCheckOnlyWorkspaceFiles | window | Spell Check Only Workspace Files |
cSpell.useGitignore | resource | Tells the spell checker to load .gitignore files and skip files that match the globs in the… |
cSpell.usePnP | resource | Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a .pnp.cjs file to assist in loading packages stored in… |
cSpell.workspaceRootPath | resource | Workspace Root Folder Path |
Definitions
cSpell.allowedSchemas
- Name
cSpell.allowedSchemas
– Define Allowed Schemas- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- window
- Description
- Control which file schemas will be checked for spelling (VS Code must be restarted for this setting to take effect).
Some schemas have special meaning like:
untitled
- Used for new documents that have not yet been savedvscode-notebook-cell
- Used for validating segments of a Notebook.vscode-userdata
- Needed to spell check.code-snippets
- Default
- [
"file"
,"gist"
,"sftp"
,"untitled"
,"vscode-notebook-cell"
,"vscode-scm"
,"vscode-userdata"
]
cSpell.checkOnlyEnabledFileTypes
- Name
cSpell.checkOnlyEnabledFileTypes
– Check Only Enabled File Types- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- By default, the spell checker checks only enabled file types. Use
#cSpell.enableFiletypes#
to turn on / off various file types.When this setting is
false
, all file types are checked except for the ones disabled by#cSpell.enableFiletypes#
. See#cSpell.enableFiletypes#
on how to disable a file type. - Default
true
cSpell.enableFiletypes
- Name
cSpell.enableFiletypes
– File Types to Check- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Enable / Disable checking file types (languageIds).
These are in additional to the file types specified by
#cSpell.enabledLanguageIds#
. To disable a language, prefix with!
as in!json
,Example: individual file types
jsonc // enable checking for jsonc !json // disable checking for json kotlin // enable checking for kotlin
Example: enable all file types
* // enable checking for all file types !json // except for json
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.files
- Name
cSpell.files
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Glob patterns of files to be checked. Glob patterns are relative to the
#cSpell.globRoot#
of the configuration file that defines them. - Default
- - none -
cSpell.globRoot
- Name
cSpell.globRoot
- Type
- string
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The root to use for glop patterns found in this configuration. Default: The current workspace folder. Use
globRoot
to define a different location.globRoot
can be relative to the location of this configuration file. Defining globRoot, does not impact imported configurations.Special Values:
${workspaceFolder}
- Default - globs will be relative to the current workspace folder\n${workspaceFolder:<name>}
- Where<name>
is the name of the workspace folder.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.ignorePaths
- Name
cSpell.ignorePaths
– Glob patterns of files to be ignored- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Glob patterns of files to be ignored. The patterns are relative to the
#cSpell.globRoot#
of the configuration file that defines them. - Default
- [
"package-lock.json"
,"node_modules"
,"vscode-extension"
,".git/objects"
,".vscode"
,".vscode-insiders"
]
cSpell.import
- Name
cSpell.import
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Allows this configuration to inherit configuration for one or more other files.
See Importing / Extending Configuration for more details.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.noConfigSearch
- Name
cSpell.noConfigSearch
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Prevents searching for local configuration when checking individual documents.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.spellCheckOnlyWorkspaceFiles
- Name
cSpell.spellCheckOnlyWorkspaceFiles
– Spell Check Only Workspace Files- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- window
- Description
- Only spell check files that are in the currently open workspace. This same effect can be achieved using the
#cSpell.files#
setting."cSpell.files": ["/**"]
- Default
false
cSpell.useGitignore
- Name
cSpell.useGitignore
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Tells the spell checker to load
.gitignore
files and skip files that match the globs in the.gitignore
files found. - Default
true
cSpell.usePnP
- Name
cSpell.usePnP
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Packages managers like Yarn 2 use a
.pnp.cjs
file to assist in loading packages stored in the repository.When true, the spell checker will search up the directory structure for the existence of a PnP file and load it.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.workspaceRootPath
- Name
cSpell.workspaceRootPath
– Workspace Root Folder Path- Type
- string
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Define the path to the workspace root folder in a multi-root workspace. By default it is the first folder.
This is used to find the
cspell.json
file for the workspace.Example: use the
client
folder${workspaceFolder:client}
- Default
- - none -
Performance
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenAverageChunkSizeGreaterThan | language-overridable | The maximum average length of chunks of text without word breaks. |
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenLineLengthGreaterThan | language-overridable | The maximum line length. |
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenTextChunkSizeGreaterThan | language-overridable | The maximum length of a chunk of text without word breaks. |
cSpell.checkLimit | resource | The limit in K-Characters to be checked in a file. |
cSpell.spellCheckDelayMs | application | Delay in ms after a document has changed before checking it for spelling errors. |
cSpell.suggestionsTimeout | resource | The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word. |
Definitions
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenAverageChunkSizeGreaterThan
- Name
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenAverageChunkSizeGreaterThan
- Type
- number
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- The maximum average length of chunks of text without word breaks.
A chunk is the characters between absolute word breaks. Absolute word breaks match:
/[\s,{}[\]]/
Error Message: Average Word Size is Too High.
If you are seeing this message, it means that the file contains mostly long lines without many word breaks.
- Default
80
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenLineLengthGreaterThan
- Name
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenLineLengthGreaterThan
- Type
- number
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- The maximum line length.
Block spell checking if lines are longer than the value given. This is used to prevent spell checking generated files.
Error Message: Lines are too long.
- Default
10000
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenTextChunkSizeGreaterThan
- Name
cSpell.blockCheckingWhenTextChunkSizeGreaterThan
- Type
- number
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- The maximum length of a chunk of text without word breaks.
It is used to prevent spell checking of generated files.
A chunk is the characters between absolute word breaks. Absolute word breaks match:
/[\s,{}[\]]/
, i.e. spaces or braces.Error Message: Maximum Word Length is Too High.
If you are seeing this message, it means that the file contains a very long line without many word breaks.
- Default
500
cSpell.checkLimit
- Name
cSpell.checkLimit
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The limit in K-Characters to be checked in a file.
- Default
500
cSpell.spellCheckDelayMs
- Name
cSpell.spellCheckDelayMs
- Type
- number
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Delay in ms after a document has changed before checking it for spelling errors.
- Default
50
cSpell.suggestionsTimeout
- Name
cSpell.suggestionsTimeout
- Type
- number
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- The maximum amount of time in milliseconds to generate suggestions for a word.
- Default
400
CSpell
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.ignoreRegExpList | resource | List of regular expressions or Pattern names (defined in #cSpell.patterns# ) to exclude from… |
cSpell.includeRegExpList | resource | List of regular expression patterns or defined pattern names to match for spell checking. |
cSpell.overrides | resource | Overrides are used to apply settings for specific files in your project. |
cSpell.patterns | resource | Defines a list of patterns that can be used with the #cSpell.ignoreRegExpList# and |
cSpell.suggestWords | A list of suggested replacements for words. Suggested words provide a way to make preferred… |
Definitions
cSpell.ignoreRegExpList
- Name
cSpell.ignoreRegExpList
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- List of regular expressions or Pattern names (defined in
#cSpell.patterns#
) to exclude from spell checking.- When using the VS Code Preferences UI, it is not necessary to escape the
\
, VS Code takes care of that. - When editing the VS Code
settings.json
file, it is necessary to escape\
. Each\
becomes\\
.
The default regular expression flags are
gi
. Addu
(gui
), to enable Unicode.VS Code UI JSON Description /\\[a-z]+/gi
/\\\\[a-z]+/gi
Exclude LaTeX command like \mapsto
/\b[A-Z]{3,5}\b/g
/\\b[A-Z]{3,5}\\b/g
Exclude full-caps acronyms of 3-5 length. CStyleComment
CStyleComment
A built in pattern - When using the VS Code Preferences UI, it is not necessary to escape the
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.includeRegExpList
- Name
cSpell.includeRegExpList
- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- List of regular expression patterns or defined pattern names to match for spell checking.
If this property is defined, only text matching the included patterns will be checked.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.overrides
- Name
cSpell.overrides
- Type
- object[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Overrides are used to apply settings for specific files in your project.
Example:
"cSpell.overrides": [ // Force `*.hrr` and `*.crr` files to be treated as `cpp` files: { "filename": "**/{*.hrr,*.crr}", "languageId": "cpp" }, // Force `dutch/**/*.txt` to be treated as Dutch (dictionary needs to be installed separately): { "filename": "**/dutch/**/*.txt", "language": "nl" } ]
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.patterns
- Name
cSpell.patterns
- Type
- object[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Defines a list of patterns that can be used with the
#cSpell.ignoreRegExpList#
and#cSpell.includeRegExpList#
options.Example:
"cSpell.patterns": [ { "name": "comment-single-line", "pattern": "/#.*/g" }, { "name": "comment-multi-line", "pattern": "/(?:\\/\\*[\\s\\S]*?\\*\\/)/g" } ]
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.suggestWords
- Name
cSpell.suggestWords
- Type
- string[]
Scope :
- Description
- A list of suggested replacements for words. Suggested words provide a way to make preferred suggestions on word replacements. To hint at a preferred change, but not to require it.
Format of
suggestWords
- Single suggestion (possible auto fix) -
word: suggestion
-word->suggestion
- Multiple suggestions (not auto fixable) -
word: first, second, third
-word->first, second, third
- Single suggestion (possible auto fix) -
- Default
- - none -
Advanced
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderRemove | language-overridable | Remove Matching Characters Before Rename |
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderWithRename | language-overridable | Use Reference Provider During Rename |
cSpell.fixSpellingWithRenameProvider | language-overridable | Use Rename Provider when fixing spelling issues. |
cSpell.logFile | window | Write Logs to a File |
cSpell.logLevel | window | Set Logging Level |
Definitions
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderRemove
- Name
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderRemove
– Remove Matching Characters Before Rename- Type
- string
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- Used to work around bugs in Reference Providers and Rename Providers. Anything matching the provided Regular Expression will be removed from the text before sending it to the Rename Provider.
See: Markdown: Fixing spelling issues in Header sections changes the entire line · Issue #1987
It is unlikely that you would need to edit this setting. If you need to, please open an issue at Spell Checker Issues
This feature is used in connection with
#cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderWithRename#
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderWithRename
- Name
cSpell.advanced.feature.useReferenceProviderWithRename
– Use Reference Provider During Rename- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- Use the Reference Provider when fixing spelling issues with the Rename Provider. This feature is used in connection with
#cSpell.fixSpellingWithRenameProvider#
- Default
false
cSpell.fixSpellingWithRenameProvider
- Name
cSpell.fixSpellingWithRenameProvider
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- language-overridable
- Description
- Use Rename Provider when fixing spelling issues.
- Default
true
cSpell.logFile
- Name
cSpell.logFile
– Write Logs to a File- Type
- string
- Scope
- window
- Description
- Have the logs written to a file instead of to VS Code.
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.logLevel
- Name
cSpell.logLevel
– Set Logging Level- Type
- (
"None"
|"Error"
|"Warning"
|"Information"
|"Debug"
)None
Do not log Error
Log only errors Warning
Log errors and warnings Information
Log errors, warnings, and info Debug
Log everything (noisy) - Scope
- window
- Description
- Set the Debug Level for logging messages.
- Default
"Error"
Experimental
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpView | application | Show Regular Expression Explorer |
cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2 | application | Enable the Settings Viewer V2 Extension |
Definitions
cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpView
- Name
cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpView
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Show Regular Expression Explorer
- Default
false
cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2
- Name
cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Enable the Settings Viewer V2 Extension
- Default
false
Legacy
Setting | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
cSpell.allowCompoundWords | resource | Enable / Disable allowing word compounds. |
cSpell.enabledLanguageIds | resource | Enabled Language Ids |
Definitions
cSpell.allowCompoundWords
- Name
cSpell.allowCompoundWords
- Type
- boolean
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Enable / Disable allowing word compounds. -
true
meansarraylength
would be ok -false
means it would not pass.Note: this can also cause many misspelled words to seem correct.
- Default
false
cSpell.customFolderDictionaries
cSpell.customFolderDictionaries
- Name
– Custom Folder DictionariescSpell.customFolderDictionaries
- Type
- []
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the folder. If
addWords
istrue
words will be added to this dictionary. - Deprecation Message
-
- Use
#cSpell.customDictionaries#
instead.
- Use
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.customUserDictionaries
cSpell.customUserDictionaries
- Name
– Custom User DictionariescSpell.customUserDictionaries
- Type
- []
- Scope
- application
- Description
- Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the user. If
addWords
istrue
words will be added to this dictionary. - Deprecation Message
-
- Use
#cSpell.customDictionaries#
instead.
- Use
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.customWorkspaceDictionaries
cSpell.customWorkspaceDictionaries
- Name
– Custom Workspace DictionariescSpell.customWorkspaceDictionaries
- Type
- []
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the workspace. If
addWords
istrue
words will be added to this dictionary. - Deprecation Message
-
- Use
#cSpell.customDictionaries#
instead.
- Use
- Default
- - none -
cSpell.enabledLanguageIds
- Name
cSpell.enabledLanguageIds
– Enabled Language Ids- Type
- string[]
- Scope
- resource
- Description
- Specify a list of file types to spell check. It is better to use
#cSpell.enableFiletypes#
to Enable / Disable checking files types. - Default
- [
"asciidoc"
,"c"
,"cpp"
,"csharp"
,"css"
,"elixir"
,"erlang"
,"git-commit"
,"go"
,"graphql"
,"handlebars"
,"haskell"
,"html"
,"jade"
,"java"
,"javascript"
,"javascriptreact"
,"json"
,"jsonc"
,"jupyter"
,"latex"
,"less"
,"markdown"
,"php"
,"plaintext"
,"python"
,"pug"
,"restructuredtext"
,"rust"
,"scala"
,"scss"
,"scminput"
,"swift"
,"text"
,"typescript"
,"typescriptreact"
,"vue"
,"yaml"
,"yml"
]