There is no way to do it by default that I could find. I just had to make do as best I could.
I ended up adding a binding via File>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts, and then pressing ; after the shortcut. Having the semicolon is part of the binding is as close as I could get... at least my finger is already over that key
// Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults
[
{
"key": "ctrl+;",
"command": "cursorEnd",
"when": "editorTextFocus"
}
]
This simply means that Ctrl+; brings you to the end of the line, and then tap ; again.
Update (May 2021)
Started using VSCode Vim keybindings extension a few months ago. Highly recommend it. Out of interest, semi-colon end of the line is A; with vim keys⌨️
Visual Studio Code doesn't appear to directly support adding a semi-colon to the end of a line via a keyboard shortcut, meaning it'll need a custom extension to support it. Fortunately, Sergii Naumov has created one for us, named (appropriately) 'Trailing Semicolon'.
To install this extension:
Launch Visual Studio Code
Press "Ctrl+P" (or "Command+P" on the Mac)
type "ext install Trailing Semicolon" to search for the extension
With the extension visible below the search box, click the Install Extension icon in the bottom right of the extension. (It's a cloud with an arrow pointing down...)
You will need to restart Visual Studio Code to enable the extension (Visual Studio Code should prompt you to restart once the extension has been successfully downloaded.)
According to Sergii, the default keybinding for the extension is "cmd+;". On my Mac, this meant pressing "Command+;", which worked great.
On my Windows 10 PC, I tried several key combinations ("Window+;" "Ctrl+;" "Alt+;" etc.), and nothing worked. I opened the Keyboard Shortcut preferences (File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts) and searched for the new extension. I found it listed at the end of the keybindings:
The "win" key binding apparently doesn't work. I copied this binding to the keybindings.json file, changed "win+;" to "ctrl+;" and it worked like a charm!
I wrote an extension to mimic IntelliJ's complete statement.
Pressing ctrl+; (cmd+; on mac) appends ; to the line end,
and moves cursor to line end.
If the line already ends with ;, pressing ctrl+; just moves cursor to line end.
There is also experimental support for complete structures like class, interface, function, if, switch, for, and while. (Not understanding semantic of languages, so it may not work as you expected.)
I just started using Visual Studio Code and felt this requirement myself yesterday. After a quick google search I found this nice extension called "Prettier". Being a little new to VSCode it took me a few hours to get it all setup but it works like a charm now. Here are the steps and my setup. I hope it helps others.
My coding environment: VSCode running on a Windows 10 desktop environment connecting to my codebase SMB share hosted on my development machine which is running Ubuntu server 18.04.
Solution Steps
Install node on the Windows desktop
Run, npm install -g prettier
Install the Prettier extension in VSCode
Edit the settings.json file for VSCode and add the following
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
"[javascript]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
}
// Set the default
"editor.formatOnSave": true
Add the .prettierrc file at the root of my codebase on the ubuntu host (e.g.: /var/www/html/tutorials) with the following basic styling configuration
(March 2022) Missing semi colons can be added automatically without the needing of an extension (*with a little catch ;) They are added every time your code is formatted.
Go to settings: Look for this settings if you are writing javascript:
And/or go to settings: Look for this settings if you are writing typescript:
Go to settings: Look for this settings if you are writing javascript:
Format your code and semi colons will be added \o/ Yeah
*The catch: As the settings says: Your workspace needs to have typescript 3.7 or newer.
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And/or go to settings: Look for this settings if you are writing typescript: enter image description hereGo to settings: Look for this settings if you are writing javascript:
Format your code and semi colons will be added \o/ Yeah
*The catch: As the settings says: Your workspace needs to have typescript 3.7 or newer.