appsettings.json not in hierarchy in vs2017 project explore

Question

I have a dotnet core 2.2 project working in vs2017. However something weird is going on with the appsettings. It look like this

In my others soulutions it look like this

I cant seem to find the difference between the two projects setups..

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Check your nesting settings at the top of Solution Explorer

More info on what the different settings mean can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/file-nesting-solution-explorer?view=vs-2019