Functionality
Sort lines of text in Visual Studio Code. The following types of sorting are supported:
| Command |
Title |
Comments |
| sortLines.sortLines |
Sort lines (ascending, case sensitive) |
Keybound to F9* |
| sortLines.sortLinesCaseInsensitive |
Sort lines (ascending, case insensitive) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesCaseInsensitiveUnique |
Sort lines (unique ascending, case insensitive) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesReverse |
Sort lines (descending, case sensitive) |
Reverse character code based sort |
| sortLines.sortLinesLineLength |
Sort lines (line length ascending) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesLineLengthReverse |
Sort lines (line length descending) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesVariableLength |
Sort lines (variable length ascending) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesVariableLengthReverse |
Sort lines (variable length descending) |
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| sortLines.sortLinesNatural |
Sort lines (natural) |
Sorts alphabetically but groups multi-digit numbers (Wikipedia) |
| sortLines.sortLinesUnique |
Sort lines (unique ascending, case sensitive) |
Regular character code keeping only unique items |
| sortLines.sortLinesShuffle |
Sort lines (shuffle) |
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| sortLines.removeDuplicateLines |
Sort lines (remove duplicate lines) |
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* Note that this overrides the toggle breakpoint keybinding, you can unbind it by adding this to your keybindings.json file:
`{ "key": "f9", "command": "-sortLines.sortLines", "when": "editorTextFocus" }`
Settings
| Name |
Description |
Default |
| sortLines.filterBlankLines |
(boolean) Filter out blank (empty or whitespace-only) lines. |
false |
| sortLines.sortEntireFile |
(boolean) Sort entire file if no selection is active. |
false |
Install
- Open VS Code
- Press F1
- Type "install"
- Select "Extensions: Install Extension".
- Select sort-lines from the list
Usage
Select the lines to sort, press F1 type sort and select the desired sort. The regular sort has the default hotkey F9.
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