How to exclude node_modules from WebStorm code analysis (named 'Problems' on the bottom-left corner)

Question

I am relying on this extensively on my workflow, but for some reasons this feature is now warning me of all the problems coming from node_modules, which obviously I'm not interested in.

How can I make WebStorm analyse my whole project problems without the nodes_modules folder?

Pigg

Did you manage to find a solution for this? Excluding the node_modules directory doesn't help – Overlord

Answer 1

This is due to TSC itself reporting errors, and Project Errors within Webstorm just displays them. This is mentioned in the youtrack link below. I was able to remove all of my errors by adding the skipLibCheck option in tsconfig.json; however we decided not to enable that option at this time because if its side effects.

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-53460/Errors-from-nodemodules-in-type-script

Shipway

Answer 2

For me, node modules are excluded by default, but here's a useful tip when you don't want a directory to show up in JetBrains IDE's (WebStorm,PHP Storm,...):

Right click on your node_modules folder and select Mark Directory as > Excluded

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Transitory

This doesn't work. This doesn't have any effect on the analysis tab. It does affect things like global search. – Metopic