Insert Whitespace

Features

Insert spaces between Chinese characters and English letters, numbers, and symbols.

Due to an operational error, the original vscode-whitespace plugin was deleted.

However, it seems the plugin was soft-deleted from the marketplace, so it was renamed to Insert Whitespace and re-uploaded.

Usage

Via Command

Open the command palette with Ctrl+Shift+P and enter:

insertWhitespace.addSpaceSelection to add spaces to selected content

insertWhitespace.addSpaceWholeDocument to add spaces to the entire document

Via Menu

Right-click menu options: Whitespace: Add spaces to selected content and Whitespace: Add spaces to entire document

Via Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shift+F to add spaces to selected content

Ctrl+Shift+G to add spaces to the entire document

Via Configuration

Add the following configuration to settings.json to automatically insert spaces when saving files:

{
  "insertWhitespace.formatOnSave": true,
  "insertWhitespace.formatOnSaveExt": [".js"]
}

Other Notes

Currently tested with prettier's auto-save without conflicts, but other scenarios haven't been fully tested and conflicts may exist.

Therefore, it's recommended to use this plugin primarily for formatting comments, and disable the auto-save configuration if conflicts occur.

Acknowledgements

This plugin is based on vinta/pangu.js, which automatically inserts spaces between Chinese characters and English letters, numbers, and symbols.

Code reference from halfcrazy/vscode-pangu implementation, with some version-specific modifications.