Re-formatting file?

[superDuperCyberTechno]

I just copy/pasted some JS code into its own new dedicated .js file and the formatting is all off since it comes from inline HTML.

Isn't Helix supposed to reformat on save? How do I force re-formatting? = is disabled as per the docs, why?

[dead10ck]

Only a few languages have auto format on save by default; for most, you have to turn it on in your languages.toml. Auto formatting is a fairly invasive thing to do for many projects, so it's only turned on in ecosystems which have a very well established and accepted standard formatter, such as Rust and Go.

But you can format manually any time as well by just typing :format.

[superDuperCyberTechno]

But :format does nothing?

I installed from the Arch repos: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/helix/

[dead10ck]

Formatting is done by the configured formatter or language server, so if nothing happens, then check out your LS.

[superDuperCyberTechno]

Alright, sorry for my ignorance. I didn't realize that I needed to install the language servers seperately.

Installing typescript-language-server did the trick.