Alignment

Functionality

This extension align chars in selection. It helps creating clean, formatted code.

Select text and press Alt+= (on macOS Option+=). You can also use context menu commend.

Shortcuts

Align all chars

• Windows/Linux: Alt+=
• macOS: Option+=

Align to first char

• Windows/Linux: Alt+Shift+=
• macOS: Option+Shift+=

Align whitespace

• Windows/Linux: Alt+-
• macOS: Option+-

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• alignment.chars: pairs chars (strings) and their space settings

Space settings:

• spaceBefore: spaces count before char(s),
• spaceAfter: spaces count after char(s),
• tabsBefore: tabs count before char(s),
• tabsAfter: tabs count after char(s).

Default settings

// Chars to align
"alignment.chars": {
    ":": {
        "spaceBefore": 0,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "::": {
        "spaceBefore": 0,
        "spaceAfter": 0
    },
    "=": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "===": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "==": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "=>": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "+=": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "-=": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "*=": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    },
    "/=": {
        "spaceBefore": 1,
        "spaceAfter": 1
    }
}

Changelog

0.3.0

• Aligning whitespace.
• Align to fist command
• Extend defaults aligment chars list.
• Ommit last line of selection if empty.
• Tabs spacing

0.2.3

• Changed category to Formatters.

0.2.0

• Add context menu option.
• Describe shortcuts in README

0.1.0

• Fixed alignment to 2 chars string.
• Alignment many chars in line to table.