Align Regex

This extension is originally based on vscode-align-by-regex

This extension aligns multiple lines of text by regular expressions. It can align anything, e.g., trailing comments, key-value pairs, or any text patterns defined by regular expressions.

Features

• Align multiple lines of text by regular expressions.
• Store regular expressions as templates for repeated use.
• Run alignment from the editor context menu.
• Support aligning multiple line selections and cursors simultaneously.

Extension Settings

• align.regex.templates: Templates for regular expressions used for alignment. The default built-in templates are:

{
    "align.regex.templates": {
        "Multiple signs": "=|,|:",
        "Trailing comments #": "(?<=\\S.*)\\s+#",
        "Trailing comments //": "(?<=\\S.*)\\s+//",
        "Trailing comments %": "(?<=\\S.*)\\s+%",
    }
}

Usage

• Select multiple lines or multiple cursors
• Right-click on the editor, and choose Align Regex
• Select templates or input Regular Expression.