vscode-plist

A custom editor for property list files.

Features

Collapse/Expand All

The contents of a plist can be expanded or collapsed in its entirety with commands via the context menu (i.e. right click menu).

Switching to plain text

Description

Binary Plists

This extension can view and edit binary plists by converting the binary plist into its ASCII representation. This ASCII version is a separate file in a temporary directory. The temporary file is watched for changes and any changes are automatically saved back to the binary version.

Other supported file types

This extension can view and edit entitlements files (i.e. .entitlements) which are simply property list files with a different file extension.

It can also view provisioning profiles (i.e. .mobileprovision) by decrypting them into their plist representation. Editing provisioning profiles is not supported. [macOS only]

Known Issues

• Inefficient file saves. When saving changes to a file this extension replaces the entire contents of the file. This should be optimized to edit only the portion that has changed.

• Inefficient editor rendering. When changes are made to the webview (e.g. adding an item, expanding an item, editing a value, etc) the webview is rerendered in its entirety. This should be optimized to edit the DOM in place.