TMPro not found in Visual Studio Code

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I'm using Visual Studio Code to write my code for Unity. The following extension I've added to Visual Studio Code: C#, Debugger for Unity, Unity Code Snippets & Unity Tools

Using TMPro to work with TextMeshPro components throws me this error: 

Unnecessary using directive. [Assembly-CSharp]csharp(CS8019)
The type or namespace name 'TMPro' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp]csharp(CS0246)

On the bright-side, in Unity Editor no errors are thrown, but it is still annoying.

Does anybody know if there's an additional Extension I have to download or how to fix this issue?

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7 Answers

I have had this for ages, here is the solution for Unity 2021.1 and latest Vscode plugin:

Go to preferences>External tools and Untick everything (all generate csproj tickboxes) delete all the sln and CSproj files.

Hit Regenerate project files.

user_27821660

I ran into this problem after I had set up unit tests within Unity. If you have an assembly definition file in your Unity project then it needs a new Assembly Definition Reference added in the inspector. In this case, Unity.TextMeshPro.

user_111568620

If you have moved your project into a different folder, be sure to update Assembly-CSharp.csproj to have the new, correct filepaths for libraries like TextMeshPro and UnityEngine.UI.

user_107036960

Turns out the issue was that within the *.sln file of my project the references were not found due to the lack of the path to the *.dll file.

Deleting Unity.TextMeshPro and Unity.TextMeshPro.Editor and then re-importing them solved the issue.

user_122387240

In my case I had to add a script assembly to my "Scripts" folder (where I keep all my scripts for a game). Once that was done I added a reference in "Assembly Definition References" and selected "Unity.TextMeshPro" then I could add using TMPro; to my script.

This didn't used to happen and I suspect it's the Test Runner complaining because it doesn't know what "TMPro" is.

unity3d assembly reference for TextMeshPro

user_3325780

Open the Package Manager and make sure you installed the TextMeshPro package. If this error persists, restart the Unity Editor.

user_86891320

In my case the answer was to delete all the project files, reinstall TMPro in the package manager, and delete all the folders at Library/PackageCache/

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