JSON Orbit

JSON Orbit is a modern VS Code extension for high-speed JSON workflows.

Features

• Navigate to path: common.form.required or items[0].name
• Extract data using JSONPath
• Copy current cursor path
• Extract entire JSON with canonical paths
• Extract JSON Schema from the active JSON
• Convert JSON to YAML
• Compare JSON with normalized deep-sort diff
• Deep sort JSON object keys (arrays preserved)

Commands

• JSON Orbit: Navigate to Path
• JSON Orbit: Extract by JSONPath
• JSON Orbit: Copy Current Path
• JSON Orbit: Extract Data with Paths
• JSON Orbit: Extract JSON Schema
• JSON Orbit: Convert JSON to YAML
• JSON Orbit: Compare JSON
• JSON Orbit: Deep Sort JSON

Keyboard Shortcuts

Primary inline launcher:

• Ctrl+Alt+J / Cmd+Alt+J: Open JSON Orbit Inline Actions

Additional direct shortcuts:

• Ctrl+Alt+J N / Cmd+Alt+J N: Navigate to Path
• Ctrl+Alt+J V / Cmd+Alt+J V: Navigate to Copied Path
• Ctrl+Alt+J E / Cmd+Alt+J E: Extract by JSONPath
• Ctrl+Alt+J P / Cmd+Alt+J P: Copy Current Path
• Ctrl+Alt+J X / Cmd+Alt+J X: Extract Data with Paths
• Ctrl+Alt+J H / Cmd+Alt+J H: Extract JSON Schema
• Ctrl+Alt+J Y / Cmd+Alt+J Y: Convert JSON to YAML
• Ctrl+Alt+J C / Cmd+Alt+J C: Compare JSON
• Ctrl+Alt+J S / Cmd+Alt+J S: Deep Sort JSON
• Ctrl+Alt+J O / Cmd+Alt+J O: Focus JSON Orbit Operations view

Inline UX

• Contextual status-bar action shows current JSON path and opens the inline action hub.
• Right-click in JSON editor -> JSON Orbit: Open Inline Actions.
• Top editor-title buttons are intentionally removed to keep the editor chrome clean.

Settings

• jsonOrbit.pathNotation
• jsonOrbit.extraction.openMode
• jsonOrbit.compare.normalizeBeforeDiff
• jsonOrbit.compare.ignoreArrayOrder
• jsonOrbit.yaml.indent
• jsonOrbit.sort.indent
• jsonOrbit.result.maxPreviewChars

Development

npm install
npm run typecheck
npm run test
npm run build

Release Automation (Makefile)

# one-time login (publisher token prompt)
make login

# default release: auto patch bump + auto commit + checks + package + publish
make release

# optional alternatives
make release-minor
make release-major