How to enable auto-indentation of Python function arguments in VS Code

Question

I'm looking to enable automatic indentation of Python function arguments, as shown in the example below generated with use of pycharm. I had a look at a similar discussion but the discussed solutions do not appear to solve this problem.

Desired Behaviour

VS Code

VS Code version: 1.27.2
Python extension: 2018.8.0 (04 September 2018)

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Current autoIndent setting

is your `"editor.autoIndent": true` set to true in vscode settings? — Saket Khandelwal, Sep 18 '18 at 09:58
I am not sure what is causing this, but in the newer versions of vscode this setting is the only thing needed. It works for me. @Konrad — Saket Khandelwal, Sep 25 '18 at 07:50
Possible duplicate of [Vs code auto indenting not working for python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51233466/vs-code-auto-indenting-not-working-for-python) — larsl, Sep 28 '18 at 13:16
I'm using the latest version of VS Code, but this one is still not fixed yet, I have the auto-indent option in 'full' — Thanh Nguyen, Jan 02 '20 at 04:52

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '18 at 13:13

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This is a known issue for the Python VSCode extension and it can currently not be fixed because of limitations in the extension API. More specifically the line in the editor cannot know the content of other lines. I am not aware of any fix for this issue, but I agree that it decreases the experience of working with VSCode by far.

See this issue for further information: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/701

answered Sep 28 '18 at 13:13

larsl

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Thanks very much for your answer. I’ll accept as I reckon that there is no scope for a better solution until the issue you mentioned is resolved. – Konrad Sep 28 '18 at 13:15
@Konrad try using a formatter for VSCode and enable it on save, e.g. yapf https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing#_formatting – larsl Nov 12 '18 at 16:18

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 13:05

Like @larsl already wrote, this is currently a limitation of the basic Microsoft python extension. However, fellow VS Code user Kevin Rose was so kind to write an extension that does exactly what we were looking for:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=KevinRose.vsc-python-indent

As far as my early experience with it goes, it works like a charm!

How to enable auto-indentation of Python function arguments in VS Code

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