Is there a way to only lint on save

It seems a lot of VS Code native linters and microsoft-sponsored extensions have this option, the python extension has "python.linting.lintOnSave": true

Would it be possible to add this or is there an option already there that I haven’t noticed?

[robwalton]

I think that being able to either lint only on save, or enable/disable linting is important while writing (maybe I’ve missed this option). More precisely, it would be nice to have a way of hiding, or pausing linter highlighting in the editor.

Two reasons why:

1. While writing creatively it is just nice not to be interrupted by the linter. This is why its nice to be able to disable live spell checking for example. (Thanks for providing a way to disable the lightbulb! Thats made it much less distracting.)
2. With MD009/no-trailing-spaces enabled you get a lint warning every time you press the space bar while writing and pause for ~ 1/3 of a second. I have this off now as its just too distracting, but would like to reanable it.

So although its awesome to have the linter, I find that having it marking up the editor all the time to be distracting. I’m not sure if enable/disable or lint only on save would be a better way of solving this.

[robwalton]

Thats great thanks! Open source is a funny old thing with strangers demanding free improvements eh?!

If it helps, these are the settings for the linters that came built in (I’m pretty sure):

// Whether the linter is run on save or on type.
"php.validate.run": "onSave",

// Run the linter on save (onSave) or on type (onType)
"eslint.run": "onType"