
We will also use the gulp-sass plug-in to make things a little easier.

We will use Gulp to create a task that will automate Sass/Less compilation. We can do so with the same task runner integration as before, but with a few modifications. Let's take things a little further and automate Sass/Less compilation with VS Code. You can always test your build by running sass styles.scss styles.css from the command line. Note: If your build fails or you see an error message such as "An output directory must be specified when compiling a directory", be sure the filenames in your tasks.json match the filenames on disk. If you want to make the task the default build task to run execute Configure Default Build Task from the global Terminal menu and select the corresponding Sass or Less task from the presented list. If you don't want to scan the output, select Never scan the build output from the presented list.Īt this point, you should see an additional file show up in the file list styles.css. Depending on the compiler, select an appropriate entry in the list to scan the tool output for errors and warnings.

In addition, we allow you to scan the output for compile problems (errors and warnings).

Since in more complex environments there can be more than one build task we prompt you to pick the task to execute after pressing ⇧⌘B (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+B) ( Run Build Task). The sample Sass/Less file should not have any compile problems, so by running the task all that happens is a corresponding styles.css file is created. To just disable it for css, Less and SCSS, use "" : Step 4: Run the Build TaskĪs this is the only command in the file, you can execute it by pressing ⇧⌘B (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+B) ( Run Build Task). You can hide VS Code's color previews by setting the following setting: "lorDecorators" : false Tip: You can trigger between different color modes by clicking on the color string at the top of the picker. Syntax coloring & color previewĪs you type, there is syntax highlighting as well as in context preview of colors.Ĭlicking on a color preview will launch the integrated color picker which supports configuration of hue, saturation and opacity. To see the full description text of the selected entry, use ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space). Proposals contain extensive documentation, including a list of browsers that support the property. Use ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space) to get a list of context specific options. VS Code has support for selectors, properties and values. Tip: Click on an extension tile above to read the description and reviews to decide which extension is best for you.
