Powershell Code Formatter not working

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System Details

System Details Output

PS C:\code\remote-vscode-workspace> & {"### VSCode version: $(code -v)"; "`n### VSCode extensions:`n$(code --list-extensions --show-versions | Out-String)"; "`n### PSES version: $($pseditor.EditorServicesVersion)"; "`n### PowerShell version:`n$($PSVersionTable | Out-String)"}
### VSCode version: 1.33.1 51b0b28134d51361cf996d2f0a1c698247aeabd8 x64

### VSCode extensions:
Kelvin.vscode-sshfs@1.16.1
ms-vscode.powershell@1.12.1


### PSES version: 1.12.1.0

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17134.590
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17134.590
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

When I try to run the formatter on a .ps1 file, using either Alt-Shift-F or selecting format document from the command palette, I get the error message: “There is no formatter for “powershell”-files installed”

Expected Behaviour

I would expect the document to be formatted, I know I have some inconsistencies

Actual Behaviour

I get the error message: “There is no formatter for “powershell”-files installed” image

Attached Logs

Follow the instructions in the troubleshooting docs about capturing and sending logs. ps-ext-logs.zip

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 4 years ago
  • Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

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3reactions
derekslenkcommented, May 28, 2019

The new remoting tools provided in Code Insiders fixes all of my issues

1reaction
derekslenkcommented, Apr 24, 2019

I may have just figured this out…it doesn’t work for files using the remote file system component of visual studio. It seems to work fine on files in a local directory (other files are using SSH FS)

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