elt547
How can I start using the new Heex formatter in VS Code?
I’ve been fighting a little bit of a battle with my formatters in vs code. I’m not even sure what is formatting my heex at the moment, but I’m left with blocks looking like:
<div class="mb-2">
<%= label f, :description, class: "block font-semibold mb-1 text-slate-500" %>
<%= text_input f, :description, class: "w-full text-input" %>
<%= error_tag f, :description %>
</div>
How can I take advantage of the new formatter that @chrismccord mentioned in his talk at the recent elixir conference? I’m not a regular user of vs code and the settings are often quite confusing to me.
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lubien
@elt547 you might want to install heex formatter:
For LiveView 0.18: Phoenix.LiveView.HTMLFormatter — Phoenix LiveView v0.18.3
Here are some general tips for setting up vscode
And if auto formatter doesn’t kick in I’ve setup q hack for myself using a extension from vscode that I think is called “run on save” but liveview 0.18 might not need it, I haven’t tested it yet
Hopefully one of those tips might help
bdarla
I am not sure that this is what you are looking for, but the following formatting works for me fine.
The relevant parts for settings.json are:
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"[elixir]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "animus-coop.vscode-elixir-mix-formatter"
},
"[phoenix-heex]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "JakeBecker.elixir-ls"
},
"files.associations": {
"*.heex": "phoenix-heex"
},
and for my .formatter.exs:
[
import_deps: [:ecto, :phoenix],
plugins: [Phoenix.LiveView.HTMLFormatter],
inputs: ["*.{heex,ex,exs}", "priv/*/seeds.exs", "{config,lib,test}/**/*.{heex,ex,exs}"],
subdirectories: ["priv/*/migrations"]
]
The relevant plugins I have installed are “ElixirLS: Elixir support and debugger”, “Phoenix Framework”. “Elixir Mix Formatter” and “Heex HTML”.







