Disable word wrap in VS Code

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I have the following settings in VS code to disable word wrap

 "editor.wordWrap": "off", "editor.wordWrapColumn": -1

Word wrap is still not turned off. This makes VS Code really unfriendly to use on my laptop with a small screen.

Is there some additional setting I can use?

I am on 1.17.1.

Yes, that works. Thanks. But I want to persist word wrap off as a setting if possible. — user1283776
– user1283776, Commented Oct 12, 2017 at 19:15

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-12 20:00:44Z

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Are you using markdown? vscode changes some default settings:

"[markdown]": { "editor.wordWrap": "off" }

answered Oct 12, 2017 at 20:00

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user1283776 Over a year ago

I think this is a problem across all file types. I was working in a HTML file when typing up my question.

ubiquibacon · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-16 17:48:40Z

On version 1.17.1 try changing default settings (not overriding with user settings) to:

"editor.wordWrap": "off", "editor.wordWrapColumn": 80,

That works for me. And you can also edit the user settings (via Code or directly editing settings.json file on AppData\Roaming\Code\User (at my computer) by just adding the wordWrap line.

After changing settings always close and reopen both VS Code and the file (as it saves it opened).

ph0enix · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-13 15:03:44Z

If you are dealing with a file that has very long lines, this could be the issue you are facing.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/21124

It seems it is made that way by design to prevent slow load times. It can be manually overridden with ALT + Z shortcut while the file is opened. After that, it reverts to the old setting and you have to do it again.

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