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Experimental

Experimental settings that may change or be removed in the future.

SettingScopeDescription
cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpViewapplicationShow Regular Expression Explorer
cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2applicationEnable the Settings Viewer V2 Extension
cSpell.experimental.symbolsapplicationExperiment with executeDocumentSymbolProvider
cSpell.reportUnknownWordslanguage-overridableStrict Spell Checking

Settings

cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpView

Name

cSpell.experimental.enableRegexpView

Description

Show Regular Expression Explorer

Type

boolean

Scope

application - Settings that apply to all instances of VS Code and can only be configured in user settings.

Default

false


cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2

Name

cSpell.experimental.enableSettingsViewerV2

Description

Enable the Settings Viewer V2 Extension

Type

boolean

Scope

application - Settings that apply to all instances of VS Code and can only be configured in user settings.

Default

false


cSpell.experimental.symbols

Name

cSpell.experimental.symbols -- Experiment with executeDocumentSymbolProvider

Description

Experiment with executeDocumentSymbolProvider. This feature is experimental and will be removed in the future.

Type

boolean

Scope

application - Settings that apply to all instances of VS Code and can only be configured in user settings.

Default

false


cSpell.reportUnknownWords

Name

cSpell.reportUnknownWords -- Strict Spell Checking

Description

By default, the spell checker reports all unknown words as misspelled. This setting allows for a more relaxed spell checking, by only reporting unknown words as suggestions. Common spelling errors are still flagged as misspelled.

  • true - report unknown words as misspelled
  • false - report unknown words as suggestions

Type

boolean

Scope

language-overridable - Resource settings that can be overridable at a language level.

Default

true

Since Version

4.0.2