VSCode Extension Localization Helper

An extension to help you work with vscode-nls and vscode-nls-dev to add localization to your own extension.

Features

Show externalized string value when hovering on key

Externalized string key completion suggestions

Peek externalized string value

Release Notes

1.0.2

Upgraded dependencies

Updated minimum VSCode support to 1.45.0

Fixed an issue in newer VSCode versions where definitions and hovers would be found based on a single word, ignoring the periods in keys.

1.0.0

Initial release, focused on linking your package.json to the relevant package.nls.json file.

Provides hovers on "%translated.string.keys%" in package.json files to show the string value pulled from the package.nls.json. Provides "Go To Definition" and "Peek Definition" for the keys.

Provides completion suggestions when editing a package.json file with an associated package.nls.json file. When editing a json value starting with "% matching keys from the package.nls.json will be shown.

Feature Wish List Items

Features to be added in future releases:

• Diagnostics for package.json files to detect:
  • Untranslated titles and other user facing strings
    • "title" : "Untranslated string"
  • NLS keys with no match in the package.nls.json
    • "title" : "%missing.key%"
• Code actions for adding missing package.nls.json, or adding untranslated strings to a package.nls.json
• Diagnostics for package.nls.json to detect duplicate string values
• Settings to turn of diagnostics detection
• Integration with string externalization in source code:
  • Detect duplicate string or key values passed to the vscode-nls.loadMessageBundle().localize function.
  • Code action for wrapping string in localize() call.