## FAQ / Troubleshooting

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#### Q. How can I add the RegEx imports in the `importOrder` list ?

You can define the RegEx in the `importOrder`. For
example if you want to sort the following imports:

```javascript
import React from 'react';
import classnames from 'classnames';
import z from '@server/z';
import a from '@server/a';
import s from './';
import p from '@ui/p';
import q from '@ui/q';
```

then the `importOrder` would be `["^@ui/(.*)$","^@server/(.*)$", '^[./]']`.
Now, the final output would be as follows:

```javascript
import classnames from 'classnames';
import React from 'react';
import p from '@ui/p';
import q from '@ui/q';
import a from '@server/a';
import z from '@server/z';
import s from './';
```

#### Q. How can I move `react` and `classnames` to place between my RegEx imports without hardcoding?

You can define the `<THIRD_PARTY_MODULES>` special word in the `importOrder`. For example above, the `importOrder` would be like `["^@ui/(.*)$", "^@server/(.*)$", "<THIRD_PARTY_MODULES>", '^[./]']`.
Now, the final output would be as follows:

```javascript
import p from '@ui/p';
import q from '@ui/q';
import a from '@server/a';
import z from '@server/z';
import classnames from 'classnames';
import React from 'react';
import s from './';
```

#### Q. How to use the plugin with `*.d.ts` files ?

The plugin automatically ignores the `*.d.ts` files. We encourage you to declare the `*.d.ts` files in `.prettierignore`. [Read more here](https://prettier.io/docs/en/ignore.html#ignoring-files-prettierignore).

#### Q. How does the plugin handle the first comment in the file.

The plugin keeps the first comment as it is in the file. The plugin also removes the new lines in between first comment and the first import.

**input:**

```js
// comment
import a from 'a';
```

**output:**

```js
// comment
import a from 'a';
```

#### Q. I am getting error about experimental syntax.

If you are using some experimental syntax and the plugin has trouble parsing your files, you might get errors similar to this:

```shell script
SyntaxError: This experimental syntax requires enabling one of the following parser plugin(s): ...
```

To solve this issue, you can use the new option `importOrderParserPlugins` in your `.prettierrc` (prettier config) and pass
an array of plugin names to be used.


#### Q. Why the plugin does not work with [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/) ? or Why do I see the `[warn] Ignored unknown option` ?

Due to the package handling of the pnpm, sometimes, the plugin is not automatically loaded. You can load the plugin
via prettier config.

```js
module.exports = {
    plugins: [require('@ianvs/prettier-plugin-sort-imports')],
};
```

#### Q. Why are my .vue sfc files not being formatted?

Be sure that you have `@vue/compiler-sfc` installed in your project, (run `npm ls @vue/compiler-sfc` to double-check). If it's not there, install it and try formatting again.