Auto-Align

This is an alignment utility that allows for a bit of customization. It will line up assignment operators (= and : by default) in selected text.

Features

Still working on it... I use it daily so it works, but always finding little things. Send me an issue on GitHub if you are looking for something or something doesn't work.

This system will not alter any lines where any of the non-moveable items are found to the left of a moveable item.

It is likely you will find scenarios where this does not quite fit your needs with advanced CSS selectors and the likes. You get to set the moveable and non-moveable in your personal settings file.

You can also define a minimum amount of space you want to see on the left of the moveable items. This is essentially the margin.

x = 12;
name = "Dexter";

[BECOMES]

x      = 12;
name   = "Dexter";

You get the idea. This can be done in any language format.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

Additional Lists

Use these settings to "add" to the default lists in the extension so that you don't have to repeat the whole original list.

setting name	description
autoalign.moveableItemsAdditional	Items you want added to the default list of moveable items
autoalign.nonMoveableItemsAdditional	Items you want added to the default list of non-moveable items
autoalign.skipLinesEndingWithItemsAdditional	Lines to not be aligned if they end with these items

Properties

Some parameters to define how things lay out.

setting name	description
autoalign.minSeparationLeft	Minimum amount of white-space placed before the aligned items
autoalign.separationRight	The number of spaces you want after the aligned item (e.g. spaces to the right of the equals)
autoalign.columnWidth	If this is > 1 then all alignments will be matched up to imaginary columns of this width

Default Lists

You can also override the original default list to be in complete control of all moveable and non-moveable items.

setting name	description
autoalign.moveableItems	An array of strings of the items which can be moved and aligned
autoalign.nonMoveableItems	An array of string which cannot be moved and will prevent a line from being aligned
autoalign.skipLinesEndingWithItemsAdditional	An array of string which cannot be moved and will prevent a line from being aligned