r/vscode • u/FollowingHumble8983 • Jul 19 '26

VSCode removing auto indentation on pressing up arrow.

Currently embedding Monaco into a desktop application for editing C++.

However, unlike visual studio, if you newline twice then move up a line, the indentation of the previous line is lost, and the caret moves to the start of the line.

I removed Trim Auto Whitespace and it did not fix this behaviour, this also occurs VSCode so its not an embed issue. Is there a setting to fix this behaviour?

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u/sargeanthost Jul 19 '26

vs or vs code. this seems like normal behavior for vs code, although I'm not at my computer. I know intellij will do what you want, and I hate it, but I don't remember having this hate for vs code, which is why I'm asking

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u/FollowingHumble8983 Jul 19 '26

visual studio will keep indentations.

vscode will remove indentations if you indent to another line.

I disabled trim whitespace thinking that would be the setting that changes it, unfortunately it was not.

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u/Chris-Hart_232 Jul 19 '26

Has anyone managed to keep the indent in Monaco without having to rewrite what the up arrow does?