vscode struggles to auto-import lodash

[tnrich]

Hey there, does anyone know why vscode struggles to auto-import lodash modules?

Here I'm looking for lodash's array.compact method, but while recompose has an auto-import suggested, lodash's auto-import doesn't seem to want to show up:

If this could be remedied that would be awesome because lodash is a great library!

[jdalton]

Hi @tnrich!

I'm not too sure. You might have better luck on the vscode repo. I'm going to guess maybe it has to do with the way they prioritize their typing hints.

[tnrich]

Hey @jdalton!

Thanks for the quick response.

It's possible that vscode needs to do something on their end, but... this functionality does seem to work fine with most other popular packages. That makes me think it probably has something to do with how lodash is exporting its modules or how lodash is arranging its declaration files.

If most other packages work it seems like one as popular as lodash should work as well.

[tnrich]

Any response to this sentiment @jdalton :

It's possible that vscode needs to do something on their end, but... this functionality does seem to work fine with most other popular packages. That makes me think it probably has something to do with how lodash is exporting its modules or how lodash is arranging its declaration files.

If most other packages work it seems like one as popular as lodash should work as well.

?

It seems like it could be fixed on our end? (And maybe has to because I'm not really getting anywhere with microsoft/vscode#63239 and microsoft/TypeScript#29039)

Thanks!

[jdalton]

Lodash is a popular package (the most popular in fact) so the pressure, if the issue is wide spread enough, should raise the priority for vscode. You're likely seeing an issue with lodash or lodash-es compared to others because Lodash has ~643 modules for it to possibly pull in.

[ricsam]

To just fix the problem I do the following:

yarn add @types/lodash@npm:@types/lodash-es

and maybe yarn add lodash@npm:lodash-es

If you want some functionality from lodash that is not part of lodash es, like runInContext, install it under an alias:

yarn add lodash_original@npm:lodash
yarn add @types/lodash_original@npm:@types/lodash

[xuych]

npm i -d @types/lodash， restarted vscode, then it works.

[sarimarton]

npm i -d @types/lodash， restarted vscode, then it works.

Adding @types does not make it work for me. This is still an annoying issue.