Python settings reference. The Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is highly configurable. This page describes the key settings you can work with. For general information about working with settings in VS Code, refer to User and workspace settings, as well as the Variables reference for information about predefined variable support.
0:00 How to run Python in VSCode (visual studio code)0:10 Install and setup Python from python.org together with py launcher0:20 Preview of using py command. As I have Python installed on my computer and also installed the Python extension by VSCode, then I had Code Runner uninstalled. But I can't run Python scripts after that. It says 'command 'code-runner.run' not found'. Code-runner.showStopIconInEditorTitleMenu: Whether to show 'Stop Code Run' icon in editor title menu when code is running. (Default is true ) code-runner.terminalRoot: For Windows system, replaces the Windows style drive letter in the command with a Unix style root when using a custom shell as the terminal, like Bash or Cgywin. MagicPython: A VSCode plugin that supports preferences and syntax highlighter for 'cutting edge' Python 3, whereby serving as a drop-in replacement for the default Python package. Markdown All in One: A Visual Studio Code extension that offers an all-in-one solution for utilizing Markdown, as the name suggests.
Run code snippet or code file for multiple languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Perl 6, Ruby, Go, Lua, Groovy, PowerShell, BAT/CMD, BASH/SH, F# Script, F# (.NET Core), C# Script, C# (.NET Core), VBScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Scala, Swift, Julia, Crystal, OCaml Script, R, AppleScript, Elixir, Visual Basic .NET, Clojure, Haxe, Objective-C, Rust, Racket, Scheme, AutoHotkey, AutoIt, Kotlin, Dart, Free Pascal, Haskell, Nim, D, Lisp, Kit, V, SCSS, Sass, CUDA, Less, Fortran, and custom command
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Ctrl+Alt+NF1 and then select/type Run Code,Run Code in editor context menuRun Code button in editor title menuRun Code button in context menu of file explorerCtrl+Alt+MF1 and then select/type Stop Code RunStop Code Run button in editor title menuStop Code Run in context menuCtrl+Alt+J, or press F1 and then select/type Run By Language, then type or select the language to run: e.g php, javascript, bat, shellscript...Ctrl+Alt+K, or press F1 and then select/type Run Custom CommandMake sure the executor PATH of each language is set in the environment variable.You could also add entry into code-runner.executorMap to set the executor PATH.e.g. To set the executor PATH for ruby, php and html:
Supported customized parameters
Python: Select Interpreter command)Please take care of the back slash and the space in file path of the executor
' to surround your file pathYou could set the executor per filename glob:

Besides, you could set the default language to run:
For the default language: It should be set with language id defined in VS Code. The languages you could set are java, c, cpp, javascript, php, python, perl, ruby, go, lua, groovy, powershell, bat, shellscript, fsharp, csharp, vbscript, typescript, coffeescript, swift, r, clojure, haxe, objective-c, rust, racket, ahk, autoit, kotlin, dart, pascal, haskell, nim, d, lisp
Also, you could set the executor per file extension:
To set the custom command to run:
To set the the working directory:
To set whether to clear previous output before each run (default is false):
To set whether to save all files before running (default is false):
To set whether to save the current file before running (default is false):
To set whether to show extra execution message like [Running] ... and [Done] ... (default is true):
[REPL support] To set whether to run code in Integrated Terminal (only support to run whole file in Integrated Terminal, neither untitled file nor code snippet) (default is false):
To set whether to preserve focus on code editor after code run is triggered (default is true, the code editor will keep focus; when it is false, Terminal or Output Channel will take focus):
code-runner.ignoreSelection: Whether to ignore selection to always run entire file. (Default is false)
code-runner.showRunIconInEditorTitleMenu: Whether to show 'Run Code' icon in editor title menu. (Default is true)
code-runner.showRunCommandInEditorContextMenu: Whether to show 'Run Code' command in editor context menu. (Default is true)
code-runner.showRunCommandInExplorerContextMenu: Whether to show 'Run Code' command in explorer context menu. (Default is true)
code-runner.showStopIconInEditorTitleMenu: Whether to show 'Stop Code Run' icon in editor title menu when code is running. (Default is true)
code-runner.terminalRoot: For Windows system, replaces the Windows style drive letter in the command with a Unix style root when using a custom shell as the terminal, like Bash or Cgywin. Example: Setting this to /mnt/ will replace C:path with /mnt/c/path (Default is ')
code-runner.temporaryFileName: Temporary file name used in running selected code snippet. When it is set as empty, the file name will be random. (Default is 'tempCodeRunnerFile')
code-runner.respectShebang: Whether to respect Shebang to run code. (Default is true)
code-runner.cwd settingcode-runner.cwd is not set and code-runner.fileDirectoryAsCwd is true, use the directory of the file to be executedcode-runner.cwd is not set and code-runner.fileDirectoryAsCwd is false, use the path of root folder that is open in VS CodeBy default, telemetry data collection is turned on to understand user behavior to improve this extension. To disable it, update the settings.json as below:
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