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@theia/preferences
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The @theia/preferences extension implements the preferences API defined in @theia/core, including the four preference providers:
Default Preference, which serves as default values of preferences,User Preference for the user home directory, which has precedence over the default values,Workspace Preference for the workspace, which has precedence over User Preference, andFolder Preference for the root folder, which has precedence over the Workspace PreferenceTo set:
User Preferences: Create or edit a settings.json under the .theia folder located either in the user home.Workspace Preference: If one folder is opened as the workspace, create or edit a settings.json under the root of the workspace. If a multi-root workspace is opened, create or edit the "settings" property in the workspace file.Folder Preferences: Create or edit a settings.json under any of the root folders.Example of a settings.json below:
{
// Enable/Disable the line numbers in the monaco editor
"editor.lineNumbers": "off",
// Tab width in the editor
"editor.tabSize": 4,
"files.watcherExclude": "path/to/file"
}
Example of a workspace file below:
{
"folders": [
{
"path": "file:///home/username/helloworld"
},
{
"path": "file:///home/username/dev/byeworld"
}
],
"settings": {
// Enable/Disable the line numbers in the monaco editor
"editor.lineNumbers": "off",
// Tab width in the editor
"editor.tabSize": 4,
}
}
"Theia" is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation https://www.eclipse.org/theia
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Theia - Preferences Extension
The npm package @theia/preferences receives a total of 9,468 weekly downloads. As such, @theia/preferences popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @theia/preferences demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 12 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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