Legacy

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

Setting	Scope	Description
cSpell.allowCompoundWords	resource	Enable / 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

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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

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cSpell.showStatusAlignment

Name

cSpell.showStatusAlignment

Description

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

Type

( "Left" | "Right" )

Value	Description
Left	Left Side of Statusbar
Right	Right 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"

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