redhat-developer / redhat-developer/vscode-yaml

Auto indent when press ENTER after colon

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Description

I'm trying figure out how to make vscode indent after I press ENTER after colon, like this

name:
  echo: "It should place cursor under letter 'm' automatically"

It should have indented and placed the cursor under the letter 'm' (2 spaces) when I pressed the enter key after "name:"

But I can't seem to get it to work. It just puts the cursor underneath the letter 'n'.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. First reproduce the behavior in VS Code using the YAML example, then trace the extension's indentation handling and compare the result with the requested two-space indentation. Done means pressing Enter after name: places the cursor at the next YAML nesting level, with a regression test covering the example.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
tooling
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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