⚙️ Configuration

Gherkin PowerTools works out-of-the-box, but you can tailor it to your team's style guide via your settings.json.

Available Settings

Setting	Default	Description
gherkinPowerTools.indentation.steps	4	Number of spaces to indent all steps (Given, When, Then, And, But).
gherkinPowerTools.tables.alignToKeyword	true	If enabled, tables dynamically pad their left border to match the text length of the preceding step.
gherkinPowerTools.emptyLines.betweenScenarios	1	Enforces the exact number of blank lines between Scenario and Rule blocks.
gherkinPowerTools.tags.format	"wrap"	Choose "wrap" to split long tags across lines, or "singleLine" to keep them contiguous.

Example Configuration

{
    "gherkinPowerTools.indentation.steps": 2,
    "gherkinPowerTools.tables.alignToKeyword": true,
    "gherkinPowerTools.emptyLines.betweenScenarios": 1,
    "gherkinPowerTools.tags.format": "wrap"
}

Workspace vs User Settings

• User Settings: Apply globally to all your projects.
• Workspace Settings: Apply only to the current project (via .vscode/settings.json).

Team Standardization

For team projects, commit a .vscode/settings.json with your preferred Gherkin PowerTools settings so all contributors use the same formatting rules.