Global wordWrap setting ignored by markdown

[dcarapic]

Issue Type: Bug

The markdown files (*.md) disregard the global editor.wordWrap and editor.wordWrapColumn. If I manually add the same settings to the [markdown] file type then they are respected.

This does not work:

    "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 180

This works:

    "[markdown]": {
        "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
        "editor.wordWrapColumn": 180,
        "editor.quickSuggestions": false
    },
    "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 180

VS Code version: Code 1.35.1 (c7d83e5, 2019-06-12T14:30:02.622Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17134

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled checker_imaging: disabled_off flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software rasterization: enabled surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.94GB (7.27GB free)
Process Argv	C:\Dload\M7 67.md
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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docthis	joe	0.7.1
docomment	k--	0.1.8
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vsliveshare	ms-	1.0.471
debugger-for-chrome	msj	4.11.6
indent-rainbow	ode	7.4.0
code-spell-checker	str	1.7.17
vscode-icons	vsc	8.8.0

[dcarapic]

Here is my full global settings.json (there are no local settings), I was simply editing a standalone .md file:

{
    "gitlens.advanced.messages": {
        "suppressShowKeyBindingsNotice": true
    },
    "materialTheme.fixIconsRunning": false,
    "window.zoomLevel": 1,
    "gitlens.codeLens.enabled": false,
    "gitlens.currentLine.enabled": false,
    "gitlens.hovers.currentLine.over": "line",
    "git.enableSmartCommit": true,
    "workbench.tree.indent": 18,
    "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
    "editor.codeLens": false,
    "csharp.referencesCodeLens.enabled": false,
    "gitlens.defaultDateFormat": "DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm",
    "gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat": "DD.MM.YYYY",
    "[html]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.html-language-features"
    },
    "[json]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "vscode.json-language-features"
    },
    "[jsonc]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
    },
    "[typescriptreact]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
    },
    "[typescript]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
    },
    "prettier.jsxBracketSameLine": true,
    "prettier.printWidth": 120,
    "prettier.tabWidth": 4,
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
    "editor.tabCompletion": "on",
    "editor.snippetSuggestions": "bottom",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
    "breadcrumbs.enabled": true,
    "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
    "debug.console.fontSize": 12,
    "workbench.list.horizontalScrolling": true,
    "[markdown]": {
        "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
        "editor.wordWrapColumn": 180,
        "editor.quickSuggestions": false
    },
    "editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
    "editor.wordWrapColumn": 180
}

[mjbvz]

This feature is working as expected. Markdown provides default setting editor.wordWrap settings as a language specific setting, so you have to use "[markdown]": { ... } to override it

Adding @roblourens to see if we can improve settings UI in some way to make this more clear. (Possible duplicate of #58995 / #65844)

[roblourens]

Got this to improve this as well #74195

[mjbvz]

Thanks. Closing as duplicate of that issue then