William's Document This
William's Document This is a Visual Studio Code extension that automatically generates detailed JSDoc comments for both TypeScript and JavaScript files. Resumed development with the latest updates, fixes and enhancements. It is based on an old extension that is popular but outdated and has some room for improvement.
Demo
Tags
Supports JSDoc and Closure Compiler tags: @class, @description, @enum, @export, @function, @implements, @interface, @param, @private, @returns or @return, @static, @template, @type, @memberOf and @date.
Options
docthis.includeTypes
When enabled, type information is added to comment tags.
Default: true
docthis.includeMemberOfOnClassMembers
When enabled, memberOf information is added to comment tags on class members.
Default: true
docthis.includeMemberOfOnInterfaceMembers
When enabled, memberOf information is added to comment tags on interface members.
Default": true
docthis.includeDescriptionTag
When enabled, JSDoc comments for functions and methods will include @description. Default: false
docthis.enableHungarianNotationEvaluation
When enabled, hungarian notation will be used as a type hint.
Default: false
docthis.inferTypesFromNames
When enabled, will use names of params & methods as type hints.
Default: false
docthis.includeAuthorTag
When enabled, will add the @author tag.
Default: false
docthis.authorName
When docthis.includeAuthorTag is enabled, will add @author tag with this value.
Default: "(Set the text for this tag by adding docthis.authorName to your settings file.)"
docthis.includeDateTag
When enabled, will add the @date tag in dd-mm-yyyy format.
Default: false
docthis.returnsTag
Put @returns in place of @returns
Default: false
List of all available formats for @date tag
| Mask | Description |
|---|---|
d |
Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days. |
dd |
Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days. |
ddd |
Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation. |
dddd |
Day of the week as its full name. |
m |
Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months. |
mm |
Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months. |
mmm |
Month as a three-letter abbreviation. |
mmmm |
Month as its full name. |
yy |
Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10. |
yyyy |
Year represented by four digits. |
h |
Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock). |
hh |
Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock). |
H |
Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock). |
HH |
Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock). |
M |
Minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes. |
MM |
Minutes; leading zero for single-digit minutes. |
N |
ISO 8601 numeric representation of the day of the week. |
o |
GMT/UTC timezone offset, e.g. -0500 or +0230. |
s |
Seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds. |
ss |
Seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds. |
S |
The date's ordinal suffix (st, nd, rd, or th). Works well with d. |
l |
Milliseconds; gives 3 digits. |
L |
Milliseconds; gives 2 digits. |
t |
Lowercase, single-character time marker string: a or p. |
tt |
Lowercase, two-character time marker string: am or pm. |
T |
Uppercase, single-character time marker string: A or P. |
TT |
Uppercase, two-character time marker string: AM or PM. |
W |
ISO 8601 week number of the year, e.g. 42 |
Z |
US timezone abbreviation, e.g. EST or MDT. With non-US timezones or in the |
'...', "..." |
Literal character sequence. Surrounding quotes are removed. |
UTC: |
Must be the first four characters of the mask. Converts the date from local time to UTC/GMT/Zulu time before applying the mask. The "UTC:" prefix is removed. |
Commands
Document This
Ctrl+Alt+D and again Ctrl+Alt+D
Generates documentation for whatever the caret is on or inside of.
Trace TypeScript Syntax Node
Prints info about the node ancestry at a given caret position.
🎉 Thank you for using Document This!
All support is highly appreciated and any contributions are always welcome!
Read more on GitHub: https://github.com/WilliamRagstad/vscode-docthis