HTML editing features don't work well in PHP files

[OhligerJ]

• VSCode Version: Version: 1.28.2 (user setup)
  Commit: 7f3ce96
  Date: 2018-10-17T00:23:51.859Z
  Electron: 2.0.9
  Chrome: 61.0.3163.100
  Node.js: 8.9.3
  V8: 6.1.534.41
  Architecture: x64
• OS Version: Windows 7

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create new PHP file
2. Type in div.class, hit tab, hit enter

Current Solution:

Change file type to HTML, and then back to PHP

Proposed solution:

In a file type where HTML tab-completion works, HTML auto-indenting should also work

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Quick Google search did not provide clear instructions on how to perform this in Windows.

[AeonFr]

I was just about to report the same issue.

The tab autocompletion on PHP is so buggy it's practically useless to have it on.

Here are two videos that show my struggles trying to do basic things. VSCode is not only not doing what it's supposed to do, it's also completely breaking everything else in the process.

Edit: I have experienced this issue both in Windows and Mac, and hadn't found any solution appart from disabling editor.tabCompletion

Edit 2: This has the "feature request" tag. Well I rather consider it a bug, given the feature exists, but simply doesn't work as intended.

[TomS-]

This is definitely a bug, the fact that it's been around for so long is a little concerning. I've been quite about this for a while. But it's really starting to annoy me. It's a shame because VSCode is amazing code editor otherwise.

[mbekir705-pnc]

in september 2020 still same issue is exist. Isn't there any solution, really?

[asccc]

@mbekir705-pnc
Using "editor.autoIndent": "advanced", instead of "editor.autoIndent": "full", helped as a workaround.
Its not perfect but at least you'll be able to close HTML tags without re-indenting them every time.

[saminton]

#103147 reported this a while ago and got a rather unsatisfying response... I have yet to find a solution.