Formatting html inside php

[rgfx]

Curious if I can format HTML inside a PHP file somehow? Right now It only formats purely PHP.

[ghost]

Yes I got the same problem 👍 (But I love this tool)

[ryentzer]

This would be great. You can however switch the file type to html, format it, then switch back to php if you have another formatter for html etc installed. I've done this. Obviously not as convenient as being able to do without switching file types.

[rgfx]

I've been doing this since October :)

keybindings.json

[{ "key": "ctrl+l", "command": "workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode", "when": "editorTextFocus" }]

Ctrl + l > H > ENTER.
Then back to PHP ctrl + l > down arrow > ENTER.

[deviantnasir]

@rgfx that is so confusing. Can you explain what did you mean by

Ctrl + l > H > ENTER.
Then back to PHP ctrl + l > down arrow > ENTER.

[rokobuljan]

@deviantnasir What rgfx means is:

CTRL+SHIFT+P and type open keyboard shortcuts file and select/open it.

Insert the new keyboard shortcut

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+l",
        "command": "workbench.action.editor.changeLanguageMode",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

Than go to your <somefile>.php. Now you can see that the predefined language mode (see lower VScode's right corner) where it says PHP. Now you can change to HTML by using the new Language shortcut:

• CTRL+L (will open the language mode dialog)
• Start typing H T... as for "HTML". Hit Enter to accept the HTML language mode.
• Format HTML using the standard ALT+SHIFT+F
• Go back to PHP mode using CTRL+L and ↓ Enter which should select "Auto Detect" Language (which will quickly set the mode back to PHP)

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This is still truly sad to see such a beautiful editor not format properly mixed PHP and HTML - out of the box.

[RiFi2k]

I got a solution to the HTML formatting in PHP if your interested.