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JSON Helper

JSON Helper

Feng Zhou

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Make your navigation in JSON file easier
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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JSON-Helper

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New features in v1.3

Outline for file "jsonHelper: Show JSON outline" command will show the outline of the whole JSON file
Outline for current key "▤" button on hover window will show the outline of the current layer and children of the current key, configure propery "jsonHelper.quickpick.maxlayer" to limit the max layer depth for children in outline, default "99"

Description

Help you navigate your JSON file with hover window, navigator and outline.

  • You can customize the JSON object name by changing property "jsonHelper.object.name", default value: "jsonObj"
  • In order to copy path to clipboard, you need to run "sudo apt install xsel" to install xsel in Linux

Note: Only works with pure JSON file.

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