codesandbox / codesandbox/codesandbox-client

`html.autoClosingTags` setting does not work

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Description

🐛 bug report

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Description of the problem

The html.autoClosingTags setting does not work when enabled. This was raised in #4921 but closed without resolution.

How has this issue affected you? What are you trying to accomplish?

I use Codesandbox almost exclusively for writing React applications, and it is significantly more difficult to use than local VSCode since it forces me to manually close all of my tags.

To Reproduce

Go to File > Preferences > Settings and enabled html.autoClosingTags.

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Your Environment
Software Name/Version
Сodesandbox ?
Browser Edge 91.0.864.71
Operating System Windows 10

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Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior through File > Preferences > Settings with html.autoClosingTags enabled, then read the related issue #4921 for prior context. Done means the setting causes HTML tags to close automatically when writing React applications in CodeSandbox; no source file or test is named in the report.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, javascript, react
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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