There is no formatter for 'java' files installed in VSCode

Question

I was able to format Java code in VSCode, but now I see "there is no formatter for 'java' files installed." as:

Certainly language support is provided through the redhat language support plugin. Can this be re-initialized, perhaps?

Looks to be a problem others have at least seen, although the error message might be slightly different.

Version info:

Version: 1.41.1
Commit: 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0
Date: 2019-12-18T15:04:31.999Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 4.18.0-25-generic snap

Harmaning

you may try to use the shortcut key shift + alt + F – Electrolier

Could you please check if there is any other java related extension? Uninstall them if there is. And reload vscode and try again. – Dania

I'll remve the different extensions, they may be causing a problem @ElvisXia-MSFT – Harmaning

You solved the issue ? – Palumbo

Every time I open vsCode it says there is no formatter installer for "language" , but after a while it loads formatter. So i think wait for a while after starting vs code may helpful – Insistence

Answer 1

Everything worked fine until today. I didn't update or change anything in vs code. But today I had the same error for typescript files: "Sorry, but there is no formatter for 'typescript'-files installed" Explicitly setting typescript.format.enable to true fixed it.

Auk

Answer 2

Check your settings.json (mine was in .vscode). Update this to:

"java.format.enable": true,

Mine was set to false.

Connected

Answer 3

Click on Disable All Installed Extensions and then click on Enable All Extensions

Orient

Answer 4

I had the same issue: There is no formatter for 'typescript'.. Then I checked if I was logged in VSCode (bottom left button in VSCode) and I was not. so I logged in again and the problem was solved.

Flagellate