VS Code Tips & Tricks

Oct 5 2021 · Dart 2.7, Flutter 2.2.3, VS Code 1.43

Part 2: Power Up with Extensions

08. Improve Coding UX with Visual Guides

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Notes: 08. Improve Coding UX with Visual Guides

The material-icon-theme.folders.associations settings doesn’t work for Workspace settings, that’s why it is added to the User Settings. The bracket pair colorizer now has an in-built alternative in VS Code. You can enable it by pasting this setting into your settings.json file: "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true

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Flutter widgets heavily rely on composition which involves nesting widgets. In the previous section, we learnt how to locate the corresponsding bracket pair using the Ctrl + Shift + \ shortcut. In this episode we would be looking at extensions that could improve the visual experience while developing with VS Code.

"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
  "widgets": "Layout",
}