Disable formatting a region of code using directives

[mjbvz]

From: microsoft/vscode#33772

TypeScript Version: 2.4.0 / nightly (2.5.0-dev.201xxxxx)

Feature Request
Add a way to disable formatting of a region of code. An example of this is js beatuify's preserve directive:

// Use preserve when the content is not javascript, but you don't want it reformatted.
/* beautify preserve:start */
{
    browserName: 'internet explorer',
    platform:    'Windows 7',
    version:     '8'
}
/* beautify preserve:end */

[anmiles]

Hi there,
It will be great to have ability to prevent specific pieces of code from being formatted.
In my case JS code can contains 3-rd party snippets that are minified pieces of JS (Google analytics, conversion scripts etc.). I'd prefer to not format them on paste/update by specifying directives or something.

[lfg6000]

Hi,

oh it would be great to have the ability to prevent specific pieces of code from being formatted.

Louie

[stevenvergenz]

I would want to use this for multiline strings, which need very careful whitespace inclusions.

[PapsOu]

What about doing a similar stuff than PhpStorm ? :

<div>
<!-- @formatter:off -->
<div
    class="unformated-div"
><div>
<!-- @formatter:on -->
</div>

[ackvf]

There are formatters in the marketplace that support this, but I don't like many of them for various other issues. How's the support for the native formatter going?

I wonder, what is the "More Feedback" that is expected? Can we have the flag removed?