Settings UI - Not Showing Language Specific fields

[pxwee5]

Issue Type: Bug

User settings JSON:

  "[javascript]": {
    "editor.tabSize": 2,
    "editor.insertSpaces": true
  },
  "[php]": {
    "editor.tabSize": 2,
    "editor.insertSpaces": true
  },

Settings UI - Not showing language specific fields at all. Just a general tab size.

VS Code version: Code 1.27.2 (f46c4c4, 2018-09-12T07:04:11.329Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 16.7.0

System Info

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Load (avg)	3, 2, 2
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.82GB free)
Process Argv	/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron .
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (15)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
html-css-class-completion	Zig	1.17.1
html-snippets	abu	0.2.1
silverstripe	adr	0.0.5
vscode-sqlite	ale	0.3.1
vscode-intelephense-client	bme	0.8.8
npm-intellisense	chr	1.3.0
vscode-eslint	dba	1.6.0
gitlens	eam	8.5.6
prettier-vscode	esb	1.6.1
graphql-for-vscode	kum	1.12.1
php-import-checker	mar	0.1.3
php-namespace-resolver	Meh	1.1.0
vetur	oct	0.12.6
highlight-matching-tag	vin	0.4.4
ReactSnippets	xab	2.2.0

(1 theme extensions excluded)

[roblourens]

Yes, this is not supported. We consider this an advanced feature and you will still have to use the json settings editor for this.

[devuxer]

@roblourens,

The problem is not really the need to edit a JSON file, it's that the feature is not discoverable, and therefore it appears that the global tabSize setting is malfunctioning. This was driving me crazy with YAML files, until I finally reported it as an issue (#69011) and was informed about the back-door YAML tabSize setting.

It's OK to have advanced settings but not when a hidden advanced setting overrides the behavior of a regular setting. So, either these settings should appear in the UI or an additional obeyGlobalTabSize setting (which defaults to true) should be added for each editor.

[kertzi]

I have same annoying type problem as in #69011
But with .yml files specifically, .yaml works. When I want set tabSize to 2 it always resets to 4 which is not configured anywhere I can find. I have tried to go thru workspace/user/global settings without luck.

Here is snippet from my user settings.json:

 "files.associations": {  
      "*.yaml": "yaml",
      "*.yml": "yaml"
    },
    "[yaml]": {
        "editor.detectIndentation": true,
        "editor.insertSpaces": true,
        "editor.tabSize": 2,
        "editor.autoIndent": "none",
    },

Version: 1.44.2
Commit: ff91584
Date: 2020-04-16T17:07:18.473Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[rzhao271]

Merging to #131707.