Prettier is not formatting selection but the whole document in vscode

[jota0222]

Summary

Prettier is formatting the whole document when executing format selection, at least in linux.

Github Repository to Reproduce Issue

Link to a Github repo that can be used to reproduce the issue.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Select a part of the code.
2. Run the command "Format selection with..." of visual studio
3. Select Prettier
4. Check the results

Expected result

Only the selected part should be formatted

Actual result

It formatts everything in the document.

Additional information

Record_select-area_20230914080434.mp4

VS Code Version:

Version: 1.82.1
Commit: 6509174151d557a81c9d0b5f8a5a1e9274db5585
Date: 2023-09-08T08:41:36.199Z
Electron: 25.8.0
ElectronBuildId: 23503258
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.18.17-amd64-desktop-hwe

Prettier Extension Version:
v10.1.0

OS and version:
Linux Deepin 20.9 (based on Debian 10)

Prettier Log Output

["INFO" - 7:53:05 AM] Formatting file:///media/jota0222/HDD/workspace/project/ATVFront/src/features/studyGroups/create/CreateStudyGroup.jsx
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] Using config file at '/media/jota0222/HDD/workspace/project/ATVFront/.prettierrc'
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] PrettierInstance:
{
  "doc": {
    "builders": {
      "line": {
        "type": "line"
      },
      "softline": {
        "type": "line",
        "soft": true
      },
      "hardline": {
        "type": "concat",
        "parts": [
          {
            "type": "line",
            "hard": true
          },
          {
            "type": "break-parent"
          }
        ]
      },
      "literalline": {
        "type": "concat",
        "parts": [
          {
            "type": "line",
            "hard": true,
            "literal": true
          },
          {
            "type": "break-parent"
          }
        ]
      },
      "lineSuffixBoundary": {
        "type": "line-suffix-boundary"
      },
      "cursor": {
        "type": "cursor"
      },
      "breakParent": {
        "type": "break-parent"
      },
      "trim": {
        "type": "trim"
      },
      "hardlineWithoutBreakParent": {
        "type": "line",
        "hard": true
      },
      "literallineWithoutBreakParent": {
        "type": "line",
        "hard": true,
        "literal": true
      }
    },
    "printer": {},
    "utils": {},
    "debug": {}
  },
  "version": "2.8.8",
  "util": {},
  "__internal": {
    "errors": {},
    "coreOptions": {
      "CATEGORY_CONFIG": "Config",
      "CATEGORY_EDITOR": "Editor",
      "CATEGORY_FORMAT": "Format",
      "CATEGORY_OTHER": "Other",
      "CATEGORY_OUTPUT": "Output",
      "CATEGORY_GLOBAL": "Global",
      "CATEGORY_SPECIAL": "Special",
      "options": {
        "cursorOffset": {
          "since": "1.4.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "int",
          "default": -1,
          "range": {
            "start": -1,
            "end": null,
            "step": 1
          },
          "description": "Print (to stderr) where a cursor at the given position would move to after formatting.\nThis option cannot be used with --range-start and --range-end.",
          "cliCategory": "Editor"
        },
        "endOfLine": {
          "since": "1.15.0",
          "category": "Global",
          "type": "choice",
          "default": [
            {
              "since": "1.15.0",
              "value": "auto"
            },
            {
              "since": "2.0.0",
              "value": "lf"
            }
          ],
          "description": "Which end of line characters to apply.",
          "choices": [
            {
              "value": "lf",
              "description": "Line Feed only (\\n), common on Linux and macOS as well as inside git repos"
            },
            {
              "value": "crlf",
              "description": "Carriage Return + Line Feed characters (\\r\\n), common on Windows"
            },
            {
              "value": "cr",
              "description": "Carriage Return character only (\\r), used very rarely"
            },
            {
              "value": "auto",
              "description": "Maintain existing\n(mixed values within one file are normalised by looking at what's used after the first line)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "filepath": {
          "since": "1.4.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "path",
          "description": "Specify the input filepath. This will be used to do parser inference.",
          "cliName": "stdin-filepath",
          "cliCategory": "Other",
          "cliDescription": "Path to the file to pretend that stdin comes from."
        },
        "insertPragma": {
          "since": "1.8.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "boolean",
          "default": false,
          "description": "Insert @format pragma into file's first docblock comment.",
          "cliCategory": "Other"
        },
        "parser": {
          "since": "0.0.10",
          "category": "Global",
          "type": "choice",
          "default": [
            {
              "since": "0.0.10",
              "value": "babylon"
            },
            {
              "since": "1.13.0"
            }
          ],
          "description": "Which parser to use.",
          "choices": [
            {
              "value": "flow",
              "description": "Flow"
            },
            {
              "value": "babel",
              "since": "1.16.0",
              "description": "JavaScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "babel-flow",
              "since": "1.16.0",
              "description": "Flow"
            },
            {
              "value": "babel-ts",
              "since": "2.0.0",
              "description": "TypeScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "typescript",
              "since": "1.4.0",
              "description": "TypeScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "acorn",
              "since": "2.6.0",
              "description": "JavaScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "espree",
              "since": "2.2.0",
              "description": "JavaScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "meriyah",
              "since": "2.2.0",
              "description": "JavaScript"
            },
            {
              "value": "css",
              "since": "1.7.1",
              "description": "CSS"
            },
            {
              "value": "less",
              "since": "1.7.1",
              "description": "Less"
            },
            {
              "value": "scss",
              "since": "1.7.1",
              "description": "SCSS"
            },
            {
              "value": "json",
              "since": "1.5.0",
              "description": "JSON"
            },
            {
              "value": "json5",
              "since": "1.13.0",
              "description": "JSON5"
            },
            {
              "value": "json-stringify",
              "since": "1.13.0",
              "description": "JSON.stringify"
            },
            {
              "value": "graphql",
              "since": "1.5.0",
              "description": "GraphQL"
            },
            {
              "value": "markdown",
              "since": "1.8.0",
              "description": "Markdown"
            },
            {
              "value": "mdx",
              "since": "1.15.0",
              "description": "MDX"
            },
            {
              "value": "vue",
              "since": "1.10.0",
              "description": "Vue"
            },
            {
              "value": "yaml",
              "since": "1.14.0",
              "description": "YAML"
            },
            {
              "value": "glimmer",
              "since": "2.3.0",
              "description": "Ember / Handlebars"
            },
            {
              "value": "html",
              "since": "1.15.0",
              "description": "HTML"
            },
            {
              "value": "angular",
              "since": "1.15.0",
              "description": "Angular"
            },
            {
              "value": "lwc",
              "since": "1.17.0",
              "description": "Lightning Web Components"
            }
          ]
        },
        "plugins": {
          "since": "1.10.0",
          "type": "path",
          "array": true,
          "default": [
            {
              "value": []
            }
          ],
          "category": "Global",
          "description": "Add a plugin. Multiple plugins can be passed as separate `--plugin`s.",
          "cliName": "plugin",
          "cliCategory": "Config"
        },
        "pluginSearchDirs": {
          "since": "1.13.0",
          "type": "path",
          "array": true,
          "default": [
            {
              "value": []
            }
          ],
          "category": "Global",
          "description": "Custom directory that contains prettier plugins in node_modules subdirectory.\nOverrides default behavior when plugins are searched relatively to the location of Prettier.\nMultiple values are accepted.",
          "cliName": "plugin-search-dir",
          "cliCategory": "Config"
        },
        "printWidth": {
          "since": "0.0.0",
          "category": "Global",
          "type": "int",
          "default": 80,
          "description": "The line length where Prettier will try wrap.",
          "range": {
            "start": 0,
            "end": null,
            "step": 1
          }
        },
        "rangeEnd": {
          "since": "1.4.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "int",
          "default": null,
          "range": {
            "start": 0,
            "end": null,
            "step": 1
          },
          "description": "Format code ending at a given character offset (exclusive).\nThe range will extend forwards to the end of the selected statement.\nThis option cannot be used with --cursor-offset.",
          "cliCategory": "Editor"
        },
        "rangeStart": {
          "since": "1.4.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "int",
          "default": 0,
          "range": {
            "start": 0,
            "end": null,
            "step": 1
          },
          "description": "Format code starting at a given character offset.\nThe range will extend backwards to the start of the first line containing the selected statement.\nThis option cannot be used with --cursor-offset.",
          "cliCategory": "Editor"
        },
        "requirePragma": {
          "since": "1.7.0",
          "category": "Special",
          "type": "boolean",
          "default": false,
          "description": "Require either '@prettier' or '@format' to be present in the file's first docblock comment\nin order for it to be formatted.",
          "cliCategory": "Other"
        },
        "tabWidth": {
          "type": "int",
          "category": "Global",
          "default": 2,
          "description": "Number of spaces per indentation level.",
          "range": {
            "start": 0,
            "end": null,
            "step": 1
          }
        },
        "useTabs": {
          "since": "1.0.0",
          "category": "Global",
          "type": "boolean",
          "default": false,
          "description": "Indent with tabs instead of spaces."
        },
        "embeddedLanguageFormatting": {
          "since": "2.1.0",
          "category": "Global",
          "type": "choice",
          "default": [
            {
              "since": "2.1.0",
              "value": "auto"
            }
          ],
          "description": "Control how Prettier formats quoted code embedded in the file.",
          "choices": [
            {
              "value": "auto",
              "description": "Format embedded code if Prettier can automatically identify it."
            },
            {
              "value": "off",
              "description": "Never automatically format embedded code."
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "optionsModule": {
      "hiddenDefaults": {
        "astFormat": "estree",
        "printer": {},
        "locStart": null,
        "locEnd": null
      }
    },
    "optionsNormalizer": {},
    "utils": {}
  },
  "__debug": {}
}
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] Using ignore file (if present) at /media/jota0222/HDD/workspace/project/ATVFront/.prettierignore
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] File Info:
{
  "ignored": false,
  "inferredParser": "babel"
}
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] Detected local configuration (i.e. .prettierrc or .editorconfig), VS Code configuration will not be used
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] Prettier Options:
{
  "filepath": "/media/jota0222/HDD/workspace/project/ATVFront/src/features/studyGroups/create/CreateStudyGroup.jsx",
  "parser": "babel",
  "rangeEnd": 5615,
  "rangeStart": 5406,
  "useTabs": false,
  "tabWidth": 2,
  "endOfLine": "lf",
  "editorconfig": true,
  "singleQuote": true,
  "trailingComma": "es5",
  "arrowParens": "always",
  "printWidth": 120
}
["INFO" - 7:53:06 AM] Formatting completed in 300ms.

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[jota0222]

I have noticed it happens mostly in JSX files.

In JS files it works but I must select a complete section, but that's probably a different issue.

[Meathelix1]

Yeah I get this issue a lot with the jsx files. It will only format the whole document even after selecting the "Format Selection"

[pbodnar]

The same problem when formatting Python files. I'm wondering if this gets ever fixed. This dates back to year 2017 (#134)?

Edit: This has just got hopefully fixed in microsoft/vscode-black-formatter#374 and will be released soon. Until then, one just gets some by-default invisible (!) warning in the OUTPUT console:

2023-12-20 20:41:16.184 [info] [Warn  - 8:41:16 PM] Black does not support range formatting. Formatting entire document.

[Vaibhav-Naik-26]

It doesn't shows Prettier option, in Format Selection With.... I just want to format the class attributes in HTML file. The class attributes have Tailwind CSS. I don't want to format the HTML file but the class attributes.