VS code moves the cursor to start of next line when pressing enter key

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Instead of respecting the current block's indentation level, the cursor moves to the start of the new line when pressing the enter key.

          {
             "name": "foo",
|
          }

The cursor should jump to the same level as the name key.

This happens even with the empty curly brackets.

          {|}

Hit enter

          {
|}

There doesn't seem to be a setting that can be set so the cursor only jumps to the current indentation level.

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3 Answers

For me, the default value of Editor:auto.indent was "full", but I still experienced the issue.
To fix, I needed to re-save Settings (after changing the option twice) to make it work in C#.

Option illustration in VS Code

user_139453050

I kind of fixed this issue by setting the Editor:auto.indent to "full".

user_44434400

This issue can also happen if you have "files.autoSave": "afterDelay". Saving the file moves your cursor at the beginning of the line, if line is empty.

user_111414170
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