# My vscode plug-in does not have all the fancy features Phil demoed in the webinar

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**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571 "2024-12-20T22:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![yinshiyi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/yinshiyi/32/1091_2.png) [@yinshiyi](https://community.seqera.io/u/yinshiyi)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/1 "2024-12-20T22:40:27Z")

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my vscode plug-in does not have all the fancy features Phil demoed in the webinar.

eg. it does not give me all the available syntax when type in `Channel.from`

```bash
$ nextflow -v
nextflow version 24.04.4.5917

$ nextflow info
  Version: 24.04.4 build 5917
  Created: 01-08-2024 07:05 UTC (00:05 PDT)
  System: Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64
  Runtime: Groovy 4.0.21 on OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.23+9-LTS
  Encoding: UTF-8 (UTF-8)

```

Any suggestions? thanks

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**Author:** ![ewels](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/ewels/32/1_2.png) [@ewels](https://community.seqera.io/u/ewels)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/2 "2024-12-20T23:54:11Z")

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Hi @yinshiyi,

The VSCode plugin is currently completely separate from Nextflow itself. What version of the plugin are you running?

> **[Nextflow - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nextflow.nextflow)**
>
> Extension for Visual Studio Code - Nextflow language support

Phil

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**Author:** ![yinshiyi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/yinshiyi/32/1091_2.png) [@yinshiyi](https://community.seqera.io/u/yinshiyi)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/3 "2024-12-23T18:22:27Z")

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Hi @ewels

I got the 1.0.3 version, I am using

```bash
$ cat /etc/os-release 

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
VERSION="7.9 (Maipo)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="7.9"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9 (Maipo)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.9:GA:server"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.9
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7.9"

```

Please let me know if there is anything else I could check or debug, thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![ewels](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/ewels/32/1_2.png) [@ewels](https://community.seqera.io/u/ewels)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/4 "2024-12-23T22:07:01Z")

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Ok then that sounds fine. The next thing is whether (a) it loads up properly (it should say Nextflow language server starting when you open a `.nf` file) and then (b) whether you have any errors.

Many of the features only work once you have fixed the worst of the errors. We talked about this in a recent podcast, which may help:

> **[New Nextflow language server & VS Code extension | Nextflow](https://www.nextflow.io/podcast/2024/ep47_nextflow_language_server.html)**
>
> Take your developer experience to the next level.

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**Author:** ![yinshiyi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/yinshiyi/32/1091_2.png) [@yinshiyi](https://community.seqera.io/u/yinshiyi)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/5 "2025-01-15T17:45:04Z")

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I figured out the source of the issue.  
It is due to Java, I had 2 java and the terminal default to 1.8  
After changing bashrc to 21, everything seems to be working

- Java 21.0.5
- Java 1.8.431.10

Apparently, 1.8 = version 8, due to complex reasons, many companies still stuck with Java 8.

If more people report similar errors, additional info perhaps could be added to the java section of the repo.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/system/32/2402_2.png) [@system](https://community.seqera.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/my-vscode-plug-in-does-not-have-all-the-fancy-features-phil-demoed-in-the-webinar/1571/6 "2025-01-22T17:45:15Z")

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