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.