This VS Code extension allows you to align lines based on a user-provided regular expression. We pad with white space either on the left or right of a regular expression, depending whether you want to align columns or on a word.
Align columns
Open the Command palette and run Align Text: Align columns
When run:
Default value is 'csv' which will use a preset regular expression to align unquoted commas.
Other than 'csv', anything you type in the input box will be interpreted as regex.
Lines are split on the right of this pattern, which are then padded with spaces to be the same length.
If there are multiple matches on a line, we pad each to the max length of its respective column.
Align on word
Open the Command palette and run Align Text: Align on word
When run:
Default value to align on is '='. To find matches, user input is interpreted as regex and will be sandwiched with a non-word character i.e. \W{$user_input}\W.
Lines are split on the left of this pattern, which are then padded with spaces to be the same length.
Only the first match on each line is padded appropriately.
Two presets are available:
For SQL data types, entering any data type e.g. 'int' will then make a regex matching on all data types.
For matematical comparisons, entering any comparison will match on all: == != >= > <= <.
Misalign
Open the Command palette and run Align Text: Misalign selection
When run:
Replace all excessive whitespace with a single space, ignoring indentation.
Keyboard shortcuts
No shortcuts are provided by default. Set them manually in File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+K Ctrl+S).
