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Separate Code

Separate Code

Said Torres

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194 installs
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Enables you to effortlessly extract portions of your code and edit them in a dedicated, synchronized tab. Experience real-time updates as your extracted code stays in sync with its original source, making code manipulation and refactoring a seamless and efficient process.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Separate Code

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🚀 Overview

Separate Code is a powerful Visual Studio Code extension designed to revolutionize your coding workflow. It simplifies the process of extracting and editing code portions by providing a dedicated, synchronized tab for seamless code manipulation. Perfect for refactoring, focused editing, and boosting overall coding efficiency.

✨ Features

  • ✂️ Effortless Code Extraction: Extract code sections with a single click.
  • 🔄 Real-time Synchronization: Changes in extracted code instantly reflect in the source file and vice versa.
  • 🛠️ Enhanced Refactoring: Easily refactor methods, functions, or classes in isolated tabs.
  • 📊 Improved Code Management: Organize and focus on specific code segments.
  • ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcut: Use Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S to quickly separate code sections.

🚀 Getting Started

  1. Install Separate Code from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.
  2. Open your project in VS Code.
  3. Select the code you want to extract.
  4. Right-click and choose ✂️ Separate Code.
  5. Edit the extracted code in the new synchronized tab.
  6. Save directly the changes in the original file by manually saving changes in the separate code.
  7. Close the separate code.

🎥 Showcase & Examples

Basic Showcase Usage

Separate Code Basic Showcase Usage

Easy Code Indentation

Code Indentation Showcase

Code Refactoring

Code Refactoring Showcase

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions!

📣 Feedback and Support

Your feedback is invaluable! If you encounter issues, have suggestions, or want to report a bug:

  • Submit an issue

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

  • Special thanks to ChatGPT & ClaudeAI for their assistance in development.
  • Icons created by DALL·E 3 from OpenAI.
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