VS Code Utility Belt

Strap on the belt and become a Ninja Developer with these 33 utilities.
This extension is also available for Brackets(bracketsix) and Atom(atomtoix).

If you find this extension useful, please, write a review or add a github star to show your support.

• IX: Cycle Case: Add a shortcut and cycle between different case modes in a breeze.

• IX: Extract Text : Copy text patterns from a document to clipboard.

• IX: Indent One Space, IX: Outdent One Space: Insert or remove one space only at the start of every line regardless of indention mode.

• IX: Insert Text At Start: Insert text with macros at the start of every line.

• IX: Insert Text At End: Insert text with macros at the end of every line.

• IX: Join Lines: Join text with macros.

• IX: Break Line At: Splits each line in order to be no longer than Max number of Chars. The words aren't broken unless it's added / at the end the user input. (e.g. 40/).

Utilities

Utility	Example
Capitalize	before: classNameFunc after: ClassNameFunc
Camel Case	before: ClassNameFunc after: classNameFunc
Dash Case	before: ClassNameFunc after: class-name-func
Cycle Case	before: _ClassNameFunc after: _classNameFunc -> _CLASS_NAME_FUNC -> _class_name_func -> _class-name-func -> _class name func ->_ClassNameFunc
Add Space before Uppercase Useful to transform functions names into documentation	before: doActionBefore after: do Action Before
Url Encode	before: https://github.com after: https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com
Url Decode	before: https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com after: https://github.com
Reverse Assignment Reverses the terms of assignments or equal/different comparisons	before: x == y[x] + 5 after: y[x] + 5 == x
Unix To Win Slash Converts slashes to backslashes	before: chocolate/candy after: chocolate\candy
Win To Unix Slash Converts backslashes to slashes	before: chocolate\candy after: chocolate/candy
Single To Double Slash	before: find\nagain after: find\\\nagain
Double To Single Slash	before: find\\\nagain after: find\nagain
Dash To Underscore	before: find-deep-first after: find_deep_first
Underscore To Dash	before: find_deep_first after: find-deep-first
Regnize Adds slash to regular expression metachars	before: (\w+)[A-Z]a*b+text after: \(\\w\+\)\[A-Z\]a\*b\+text
Header To Bookmark Converts markdown header text to Html Bookmark	before: Is this the header 你好? after: is-this-the-header-你好
Mixer Mixes lines of different sections.	before: // section abc cde // end-section // section 123 345 // section after: abc 123 cde 345
Remove Duplicated Lines Removes consecutive duplicated lines	before: first second second after: first second
Remove Empty Lines	before: first second after: first second
Join Lines Joins lines adding the computed expression at the end of every line	before: red green after: expr:(x\c{X0A}), red(x0A),green(x0B)
Split Lines Split lines by an expression. Dynamic values aren't supported	before: red,green after: expr: = \c{1} red = 1 green = 2
Sort Numerically Ascending For each line uses the first number as sort key	before: 10. red 2. green after: 2. green 10. red
Sort Numerically Descending For each line uses the first number as sort key	before: 10. red 2. green after: 10. red 2. green
Indent One Space Adds one space to the beginning of each line
Outdent One Space Removes one space to the beginning of each line
Break Line At Break lines at a certain position	before: Too long line after: too long line
Replace Recipes replaces text from a list of pre-defined recipes (read Replace Recipes section)	replace text
Insert ISO Date	2018-02-08
Insert ISO TimeDate	2018-02-08 10:12:15
Insert UUID	7fff60f8-91e8-40ba-9053-56b0f3a487f0
Insert Text At End	before: red green after: expr: = \c{1} red = 1 green = 2
Insert Text At Start	before: red green after: expr: const \e{upper} = const RED = red const GREEN = green
Extract Text Copies to the clipboard the captured group of a regular expression. Each capture is separated by tabs	(\w+) = (\w+)

Selection Policies

Every utility supports multiple cursors and multiple line selections.
However, It differs in the way each utility category handles the selections.
For every cursor, each line is process individually and the counter is increased per line.

• Line Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then all the document text is used.
  • If part of the line is selected then all the line is used
• Transform Text Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then all the document text is used.
• Insert Text Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then the cursor is the insertion point.
  • If multiple lines are selected then is inserted at start/end of every line.

Expressions

Some of the utilities support expressions
An expression is a text supporting the following metachars:

• \n - newline

• \t - tab

• \c{start-value} - counter with optional start value

  • \c 0,1,2,...
  • \c{10} 10,11,12,...
  • \c{x00a} x00a,x00b,x00c,...
  • \c{XF} xF,x10,x11,...

• \e{func} - transforms the selected text (line by line)
  function list:

  • upper - UpperCase
  • lower - LowerCase
  • length - Selected text length
  • capitalize
  • isodate
  • isotimedate
  • uuid

Replace Recipes

Replace Recipes must be added manually to the settings.json.
This tool is still in beta phase.

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Recipe name
pattern	string	Find Expression (RegExp or String)
replaceWith	string	Replace Text
isRegExp	boolean	if false then pattern is a static string
isExpression	boolean	if false then result doesn't exec the expression engine
ignoreCase	boolean	if true and isRegExp uses ignore case option

ex:

"vsctoix.replaceRecipes": [
    {
      "name": "repl with let",
      "pattern": "\\b(var|const)\\b",
      "replaceWith": "let"
    },
    {
      "name": "Remove starting dash",
      "pattern": "^\\s*-",
      "replaceWith": ""
    },
  ],

Contribute

Suggestions for more utilities and bug reports are welcome but don't forget the golden rule: Be Polite!

License

MIT License

Copyrights

© 2022 Alexandre Bento Freire