How to disable auto import from specific files in VSCode?

Question

Is there any way to tell vscode to not autoimport from specific files?

Rillings

Answer 1

No. VS Code will pick up auto imports from all files in your jsconfig or tsconfig project.

If the file should not be part of your project, you can exclude it using the excludes or includes / files configuration option in the jsconfig or tsconfig

Chitin

Have you got a source for this? I can not reliably exclude using this technique. – Thedathedric

Do you have a jsconfig or tsconfig? – Chitin

I have a tsconfig. – Thedathedric

See this repo: github.com/dwjohnston/import-from-parent-issue/tree/tsconfig (note tsconfig branch) go to src/foo/fooFile.ts and note that it still wants to import from the src/index.ts file, even though that it is excluded – Thedathedric

This doesn't work. – Lientery

Answer 2

VSCode now supports this natively, if your project uses TypeScript 4.8+.

Just search for "auto import" in your settings menu, or use the typescript.preferences.autoImportFileExcludePatterns key in your json.

Zinkenite

This is the correct anwser. – Unparliamentary