Language based settings in VS Code do not work

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I am trying to add language based settings for several languages. In order to do so, I modified the file settings.json (see Configure language based settings in VS Code for more information) as follows:

{
    "editor.tabSize": 4,
    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "vsicons.dontShowNewVersionMessage": false,
    "[dart]": {
        "editor.tabSize": 2
    },
    "[typescript]": {
        "editor.tabSize": 4
    },
    "[c]": {
        "editor.tabSize": 4
    }
}

As you can see, I have the tab size option set to 2 for Dart and to 4 for other languages. The default value for indentation is 4 and "editor.detectIndentation" is disabled. But for some reason the editor doesn't get these settings: Screenshot of the code snippet written in Dart For this reason, IndentRainbow extension does not work properly. On the bar below you can see that VS code still has "4" for tab size.

If I change the global setting for the tab size (editor.tabSize), VS Code just set the new value, e.g., 2 and I have then in all files and for all languages this value for indentation. I also tried to restart VS Code after settings were changed, it didn't help. What can I do to make what I want work properly?

settings.json is saved in C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\

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1 Answers

I found out for myself what the problem was. Under the extensions tab, I have the EditorConfig extension. This extension always overrides the user and workspace settings. I simply disabled this extension.

Another possible solution would be to create an .editorconfig file in the folder in which the project is located and to specify there the tab size.

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