Settings to copy paste with correct indentation in

Question

When I copy and paste a piece of code using Visual Studio Code, after pressing enter to create a new line, the following happens:

It seems to keep the indentation created by the new line, adding the previous information from the copied snippet on top of it. I'd rather the code was auto-beautified on paste.

Can this behavior be changed through settings?

EDIT: I'm not referring to cross-platform copy-pasting, I'm referring to copying and pasting within the same file in Visual Studio Code.

Answer 1

This plugin may help you:

paste-and-indent extension

You just have to change the shortcut and it works. Remember that you probably want to use 'cmd' instead of 'ctrl' if you're on a mac. Like this:

{
    "key": "ctrl+v",
    "command": "pasteAndIndent.action",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
},
{
    "key": "ctrl+v",
    "command": "editor.action.clipboardPasteAction",
    "when": "!editorTextFocus"
},
{
    "key": "ctrl+shift+v",
    "command": "editor.action.clipboardPasteAction",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}

Answer 2

try ctrl+shift+v after copying the code. it will paste all codes correctly with indentations in it. simple fix...

Answer 3

Ctrl-v followed by Ctrl-z seems to work out of the box.

Answer 4

This is already integrated in vscode with "editor.formatOnPaste": true property in settings.