source.organizeImports must not remove empty line between import

[mjbvz]

From @nikolay-borzov on May 22, 2018 12:37

Usually imports are organized in groups separated by empty line (e.g. node packages, services, components). I think that organizeImports should respect existing groups and perform organizing within each group.

• VSCode Version: 1.23.1
• OS Version: Windows 10 x64

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set user settings:

"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
  source.organizeImports": true
}

2. Create .ts file

import path from 'path'

import fs from 'fs'

const currentDir = path.resolve(__dirname)
const data = fs.readdirSync(currentDir)

3. Press Ctrl+S

4. Result:

import fs from 'fs'
import path from 'path'

const currentDir = path.resolve(__dirname)
const data = fs.readdirSync(currentDir)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes (Disabled TSLint and Prettier)

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#50277

[mhegazy]

looks like a duplicate of #22914

[mjbvz]

I believe #22914 tracks removing the newlines while this issue is about preserving the newlines and the import groups they define

[mhegazy]

ah. sorry misread the issue. thanks.

I do not think this is something we can easily accomplish, since the imports themselves move, and some even are completely removed with their contents merged into other imports; it is not clear how we can figure out what is a group and what is not in the midst of these transformations.

[mjbvz]

Agreed. Given the work required, unless there are many users requesting this, this kind of more advanced sorting seems like a better fit for an extension

[typescript-bot]

Automatically closing this issue for housekeeping purposes. The issue labels indicate that it is unactionable at the moment or has already been addressed.

[taoqf]

I have to disable source.organizeImports for the same reason.

[indapublic]

No solution?

[dobeerman]

We'd like to keep some packages on top of all imports and keep the rest are organised. For instance, "source-map-support/register", datadog tracer, etc must be stick to the top. But it is not possible with source.organizeImports enabled.

The issue is 6 year old, so I'm quite surprised there is no solution so far 😞

Am i missed something? 🤔