Auto import doesn't work unless it already imported from another file

[jespertheend]

Issue Type: Bug

This is a continuation of microsoft/vscode#129031

1. Unzip autoImportBug.zip and open it in vscode
2. Place your cursor at Foo in test1.js and press ctrl + space
3. Uncomment line 2 in test2.js
4. Try step 2 again

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VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.63.0-insider (Universal) (552af97a0170b43c9323bec62211feb184da9749, 2021-11-05T05:15:13.016Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 20.6.0
Restricted Mode: No

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[mjbvz]

@andrewbranch Can you please take a look at this. Daniel on the VS Code team mentioned to me that he was running into a similar sounding issue

[jespertheend]

Fwiw, I believe this has been an issue ever since I started using vscode a few months back, so any recent issues could be completely unrelated.

[andrewbranch]

Duplicate of #45558

[andrewbranch]

Solution for now: add a jsconfg.json with content {}

[jespertheend]

Oh hmm I guess I went too far when creating a reduced test case then. Because I do still have this problem with a jsconfig in my project. I’ll try to figure out what the exact conditions are to trigger this.

[jespertheend]

Ah, it seems to be caused by my jsconfig containing the files property.
Here's a new reduced test case: autoImport.zip

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[typescript-bot]

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[jespertheend]

@andrewbranch Should I create a new issue or is this working as intended?

[andrewbranch]

It is working as intended.

[jespertheend]

If anyone else stumbles upon this, it seems like adding "include": ["src/**/*.js"] to my jsconfig.json causes auto import for new files to work again.

[Mohammad-Ali-Rauf]

Thank you very much Solved