Intellisense/ AutoComplete Not Working in VS Code

Current behavior:

Intellisense/ AutoComplete Not Working in VS Code.

Desired behavior:

Intellisense/ AutoComplete Should Work in VS Code.

Problem:

I have been working on this problem for 8+ hours. I have tried adding /// ..., jsconfig.json, tsconfig.json, duplicating it on cypress folder and combination of these. Autocomplete works on Jetbrain’s Webstorm browser.

Hacky Solution:

1. So I took backup(just in case) and deleted ‘Code’ folder located in “C:\Users\(UserName)\AppData\Roaming\Code” in Windows.

2. Follow Official Docs Or Follow what I did: I created ‘tsconfig.json’(although I use .js file) under ‘cypress’ folder and pasted this:

{
	"compilerOptions": {
			"allowJs": true,
			"types": ["cypress"]
	},
	"include": ["**/*.*"]
}

So I dont have to use /// <reference types="Cypress" /> in every cypress file.

1. Reloaded VS Code and autocomplete started working! [I also deleted extension folder and reverted backup - No change - So not necessary to delete extension folders]

I use windows 7 and dont know if it should be done in mac etc. Take backup and dont blame me if you dont know what you are doing. Or just install Webstorm(Jetbrain) and test if autocomplete works and if it works then proceed to the hacky solution I mentioned.

DONT CLOSE THIS ISSUE:

The solutions is hacky and should be solved by fixing Cypress, not deleting VSCode files!

[k2589]

I also got an issue - yesterday autocomplete was working, today is not working)

sorry, it was related to linter issues. fixed with:

/* eslint-disable */ 
/// <reference types="cypress" />
/* eslint-enable */

[jennifer-shehane]

We’ll be moving this issue to our docs to improve the documentation, as this is outside the scope of the product itself. Our documentation is open source and contributions are welcome.