Microsoft/TypeScript

Unwanted auto-imports in script files

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#55,256 opened on Aug 3, 2023

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Description

Bug Report

I have a mixture of module and non-module code. The problem occurs when I edit non-module files (tsconfig: "module": "none").

Sometimes when using auto-completion (in VisualStudio 2022) typescript finds a "matching" name from the module world and adds a line like

import { HmiHelper } from './helper/HmiHelper.js';

into the first line of my file. But as the current file was configured as "module": "none" this import pushes typescript into modules mode and the current code is invalid.

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intellisense auto-import modules

🕗 Version & Regression Information

This bug is many years old and persists in Typescript 5.1.

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Research direction
Investigate the auto import feature in the TypeScript language service, focusing on how it handles files with 'module: none'. Look for the code that decides to add import statements during auto completion.
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typescript
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