Easy Align for VS Code

This extension provides a way to align text in VS Code interactively.

Features

The plugin allows you to align text by selecting the lines you want to align and calling the EasyAlign.alignText function, which is mapped to the VS Code command Align Text. You can provide a string or regex pattern in the input (prefix with r/ to use regex). The algorithm identifies the first occurrence of the pattern and aligns each line based on that match.

You can add modifiers to the end of the input after a / to customize the alignment behavior. The available modifiers are:

• /g: Align all occurrences of the pattern in each line.
• /g<i>: Align the first <i> occurrences of the pattern, where <i> must be an integer number.
• /n: Align the character immediately following the pattern in each line.
• /r: Align the text to the right.

The alignment is interactive, allowing you to preview the result before accepting it. Press Esc to discard changes.

Examples

If the following lines are selected when calling EasyAlign.alignText:

this_is_one_variable = 1
this_is_another = 2
one_more = 3

and the input is =, the result will be:

this_is_one_variable = 1
this_is_another      = 2
one_more             = 3

Now, consider the following case where we want to align all the parameters:

myfunc(first_p, second_p, thrid_p)
myfunc(another_first_p, another_second_p, another_third_p)

You can use ,/gn to achieve:

myfunc(first_p,         second_p,         thrid_p)
myfunc(another_first_p, another_second_p, another_third_p)