Feature request: recognize modules within an npm package

[waderyan]

From @ffxsam on August 31, 2016 2:21

• VSCode Version: 1.4.0
• OS Version: Mac OS 10.11.6

It would be awesome if VS Code could do what WebStorm does:

If I have the following:

import {
} from 'material-ui';

and I start typing "Table" in the braces, it can see inside the Material UI package and suggest a list of modules (Table, TableBody, etc).

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#11268

[waderyan]

From @dbaeumer on August 31, 2016 7:10

@ffxsam is this JavaScript or TypeScript

[waderyan]

From @ffxsam on August 31, 2016 7:20

JavaScript.

[waderyan]

This is a valid feature request. Thank you @ffxsam!

[waderyan]

From @ffxsam on August 31, 2016 16:46

You bet! I come from using WebStorm, which admittedly has probably the best JS code formatting and autocompletion I've seen.. but it suffers from huge bloat, and so I started looking for something more lightweight. VS Code is super impressive so far!

[waderyan]

@ffxsam can you send me an email? I'm working on the gaps between VS Code and WebStorm and would love to get your feedback in a short 20 minute user interview.

wade.anderson@microsoft.com

[mhegazy]

looks like a duplicate of #10092, and should be covered by the suggestion in #7849

[waderyan]

@mhegazy I believe this should be reopened. This is a different scenario then #7849 and will not be covered. #7849 is to auto add the imports. This is to receive intellisense for the modules within an npm package.

The user scenario where this is valid is with the popular material-ui library. They have lots and lots of modules in each package. Not having IntelliSense is quite a pain. WebStorm will provide IntelliSense for the modules.

[mhegazy]

The original snippet works as intended. and has been working like that for a while so i am not sure i understand what you mean.