Pad to Column

Pad to Column is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to pad a line with a given character(s) up to a certain column.

Features

This extension makes it easier to pad a line with any desired characters. For example, you can simplify making text tables:

Table border example Table padding example

You can also add padding at different places in each line:

Different selections example

Note that only the first selection in a line will be padded.

This extension contributes the following settings:

padToColumn.defaultCharacters: Default characters to pad with using the Pad lines with default values command.
padToColumn.defaultColumn: Default column to pad to using the Pad lines with default values command.