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Legacy settings that have been deprecated or are not commonly used.

SettingScopeDescription
cSpell.allowCompoundWordsresourceEnable / Disable allowing word compounds.

Settings

cSpell.allowCompoundWords

Name

cSpell.allowCompoundWords

Description

Enable / Disable allowing word compounds.

  • true means arraylength would be ok
  • false means it would not pass.

Note: this can also cause many misspelled words to seem correct.

Type

boolean

Scope

resource - Resource settings, which apply to files and folders, and can be configured in all settings levels, even folder settings.

Default

false


cSpell.customFolderDictionaries

Name

cSpell.customFolderDictionaries -- Custom Folder Dictionaries

Description

Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the folder. If addWords is true words will be added to this dictionary.

Type

( object | string )[]

Scope

resource - Resource settings, which apply to files and folders, and can be configured in all settings levels, even folder settings.

Deprecation Message

  • Use #cSpell.customDictionaries# instead.

Default

- none -


cSpell.customUserDictionaries

Name

cSpell.customUserDictionaries -- Custom User Dictionaries

Description

Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the user. If addWords is true words will be added to this dictionary.

Type

( object | string )[]

Scope

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

Deprecation Message

  • Use #cSpell.customDictionaries# instead.

Default

- none -


cSpell.customWorkspaceDictionaries

Name

cSpell.customWorkspaceDictionaries -- Custom Workspace Dictionaries

Description

Define custom dictionaries to be included by default for the workspace. If addWords is true words will be added to this dictionary.

Type

( object | string )[]

Scope

resource - Resource settings, which apply to files and folders, and can be configured in all settings levels, even folder settings.

Deprecation Message

  • Use #cSpell.customDictionaries# instead.

Default

- none -


cSpell.enabledLanguageIds

Name

cSpell.enabledLanguageIds -- Enabled Language Ids

Description

Specify a list of file types to spell check. It is better to use cSpell.enabledFileTypes to Enable / Disable checking files types.

Type

string[]

Scope

resource - Resource settings, which apply to files and folders, and can be configured in all settings levels, even folder settings.

Deprecation Message

  • Use #cSpell.enabledFileTypes# instead.

Default

- none -


cSpell.showStatus

Name

cSpell.showStatus

Description

Display the spell checker status on the status bar.

Type

boolean

Scope

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

Deprecation Message

No longer used.

Default

true


cSpell.showStatusAlignment

Name

cSpell.showStatusAlignment

Description

The side of the status bar to display the spell checker status.

Type

( "Left" | "Right" )

ValueDescription
LeftLeft Side of Statusbar
RightRight Side of Statusbar

Scope

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

Deprecation Message

No longer supported.

Default

"Right"