Unable to format with Keyboard Shortcut

[frankli0324]

When I format a file with Cmd K + Cmd F, the following message appears:

Extension 'autopep8' is configured as formatter but it cannot format 'Python'-files

While using Format With command using Cmd+Shift+P, the file is successfully formatted.

python | ms- | 2023.14.0
vscode-pylance | ms- | 2023.8.50
autopep8 | ms- | 2023.6.0

[karthiknadig]

@frankli0324 This can happen if you have selected some text and running formatting. Please unselect, and run the command. Autopep8 extension doesn't yet support formatting on range.

[frankli0324]

This can happen if you have selected some text and running formatting.

The same happens without selecting any text

[frankli0324]

I'm surprised that this isn't found in testing stage, even a simple self-test would trigger this obvious bug
if I remember correctly, the old python extension did support partial formatting, why is a extension "split" doesn't cover all previous features? also why is vscode pushing users to switch to unfinished extensions?

[karthiknadig]

@frankli0324 I am not able to repro this locally. Can you provide your settings? This looks like an issue with VS Code itself and not this extension specifically. That command is contributed by VS Code and it picks up the formatter based on settings. So please share both your user and workspace settings.

if I remember correctly, the old python extension did support partial formatting

The old extension does not support partial formatting. What it did was format the entire file, even when partial formatting was requested.

why is a extension "split" doesn't cover all previous features? why is vscode pushing users to switch to unfinished extensions?

As I mentioned. The old formatter did not support it, it formatted the whole file. I agree that the missing selection formatting needs to be handled better.

[frankli0324]

my workspace settings used for the screenshot is generated by the ms-python extension

{
    "[python]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.autopep8"
    },
    "python.formatting.provider": "none"
}

while my python related user settings are

"[python]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.python",
        "editor.formatOnType": true,        
    },
    "python.languageServer": "Pylance",
    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3",
    "python.venvFolders": [
        "envs",
        ".pyenv",
        ".direnv",
        ".env"
    ],
    "pylint.args": [
        "--disable=all",
        "--disable=E1111",
        "--enable=F,unreachable,duplicate-key,unnecessary-semicolon,global-variable-not-assigned,unused-variable,binary-op-exception,bad-format-string,anomalous-backslash-in-string,bad-open-mode",
        "--max-line-length=90"
    ],
    "autopep8.args": [
        "--ignore=E731",
        "--max-line-length=95"
    ],

[frankli0324]

I seem to understood what's happening here... this extension declared hasDocumentSelectionFormattingProvider but not implemented it yet right? so when I use cmd+k cmd+f, which is bound to editor.action.formatSelection triggered at editorHasDocumentSelectionFormattingProvider && editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly (which is the default configuration), it actually tries to format with selection formatter

this image is to show that I didn't override the cmd+k cmd+f settings

[frankli0324]

if I rebind cmd+k cmd+f to editor.action.formatDocument (and, of course, change the when expression), it's working as expected (formatting the entire file).