# Format Julia document not working in VS Code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-julia-document-not-working-in-vs-code/140090>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [October 18, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-julia-document-not-working-in-vs-code/140090 "2026-10-18T21:02:09Z")\
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When I try to format a Julia document using Option-Shift-F in VS Code I get the following message:

> The Julia package “JuliaFormatter” must be installed to format code. Installation will take some time.

I have JuliaFormatter installed and I can format the document from within the REPL. This works:

```julia-auto
julia> using JuliaFormatter

julia> JuliaFormatter.format("src/FILENAME.jl")

```