How do you disable auto-closing single quotations inside strings?

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I like the functionality of autoclosing brackets, quotations, etc... but when you're inside a string for instance: "<inside here>" and you start typing a single quote or if the quotes are inverted it'll try to auto pair quotations inside the string. Is there a way to disable this functionality inside strings?

There is no separate switch for selectively disabling quotation matching, only a global setting for all. — ifconfig, Sep 23 '17 at 18:05
I've answered to this question on other place. Here is the link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56253814/how-to-turn-off-double-quotes-auto-completion-in-visual-studio-2019-for-c-edit/58975154#58975154 — Kiril Dobrev, Nov 21 '19 at 12:59

ifconfig · Answer 1 · 2017-09-23T06:13:01.230

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// Controls if the editor should automatically close brackets after opening them
"editor.autoClosingBrackets": false,

In your settings.json file will disable auto-closing brackets, parentheses, quotes, etc.

There is no separate switch for selectively disabling quotation matching, only a global setting for all.

edited Sep 23 '17 at 06:13

answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:03

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That disables it completely, I just want to disable the functionality inside strings. – exts Sep 23 '17 at 06:07
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There is no VS Code feature specifically for quotation marks. What you see is what you get. – ifconfig Sep 23 '17 at 06:10

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '21 at 17:00

There is a setting to disable auto-closing of all quotes in the latest version of VSCode as of August 2018 in VSCode 1.27. Add this to your settings.json:

"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never"

If you want to disable this for a specific language, nest the above setting under a language-specific setting. For example, to exclusively disable this for the scheme language,

"[scheme]": {
  "editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never",
},

Unfortunately, I do not think there is an option to exclusively disable auto-closing of single quotes or double quotes.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 13:02

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Try (Ctrl + Shift) while marker is in the string or something like that.

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This is a vscode question - does your solution work for vscode? – Mark Nov 22 '19 at 00:36
I'm using vs 2019 community. I had the same problem but with c#. Looked for advise in the net but found answer accidentally. I've done many test and with me works for double and single quotes. – Kiril Dobrev Nov 23 '19 at 01:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 03:12

I used Prettier to organized my code. when used single quote it will automatic become double quote. you can use this setting.

file>preference>setting type prettier : single quote

tick the radio button (if true, will use single instead of double quotes)

thank you

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 07 '21 at 17:24

I tried editing the settings within the VSC settings UI and it wouldn't change it. I had to edit the settings.json file and add a line. The settings.json file is located in: C:\Users\<Your_User>\AppData\Roaming\Code\User and add this line: "editor.autoClosingBrackets": false,

How do you disable auto-closing single quotations inside strings?

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