Visual Studio Code: Intellisense not working

Question

My Visual Studio Code's Intellisense is not working properly. Every time I try to use it with Ctrl + Shift, it only displays a loading message. I'm using Python (with Django) and have installed ms-python.python. I also have Djaneiro. It is still not working.

What seems to be the problem here?

Answer 1

This can be caused by many reasons, some of them are as follows.

1. Python executable path in vscode is incorrect

   • Solution: Configure the path to the python executable in settings.json. Remember to restart vscode after.

2. The module is located in a non-standard location

   • Solution: Configure settings.json to include this location for autocompletion to work. An example (for Linux) used to add a custom module for the workspace:

     {
       "python.pythonPath": "/usr/bin/python",
       "python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
         "${workspaceFolder}/customModule"
       ]
     }
     

3. vscode was not launched from the active virtual environment

   • Solution: The path to the modules is set when a virtual environment is activated. Launch vscode from a terminal with the correct virtual environment activated

Answer 2

Installing Pylance addon caused Vscode Intellisense to stop.
On disabling Pylance and enabling the Default Microsoft Python extension along with Visual Studio IntelliCode(Microsoft) and reverting to the Jedi server(prompted by Vscode) ,restarted intellisense detection.

Answer 3

If you've tried everything but still if it doesn't work, in my case installing the extension Visual Studio IntelliCode with the Python extension worked.

Answer 4

First of all if you've installed virtualenv on your project run vscode from there. Then in your vscode settings, i mean settings.json, you can follow my configuration or trace in which one you have a problem. Most of time this problem stem from putting incorrect path in pythonPath setting

    {
  "python.pythonPath": "${workspaceFolder}/env/bin/python3",
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "python.linting.pep8Enabled": true,
  "python.linting.pylintPath": "pylint",
  "python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--load-plugins", "pylint_django"],
  "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
  "python.linting.pep8Args": ["--ignore=E501"],
  "files.exclude": {
    "**/*.pyc": true
  }
}

Update:

If you want to have a well-configuration of Vscode That i personally use for developing my Django and React web-applications you can glance this.