How to expand a line of code? For example join lines command will do this
before
{
a: 123,
b: 321
}
after
{ a: 123, b: 321 }
And I need to do the opposite,
from this
{ a: 123, b: 321 }
to this
{
a: 123,
b: 321
}
Is there a way to do it? Maybe a plugin? Thanks.
Using the example you provided you could use the splitline plugin https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chenzhe.split-line
I noticed the example you provided wasn't valid JSON (missing quotes). If it was, or was any other valid type of code you could use the built VS code code formatter:
if you want to do that for JSON file it is doable select the text and then hit ctrl-shift-F then VS code will format the json object automatically.
Very late but maybe useful to others.
There is also the option to format the selection based on the filetype's default formatter.
Select your code and then emit the command >Format Selection
If you want you can set a personal hotkey to Format Selection in the keyboard shortcuts.
Hint: To open the command prompt enter one of the following commands:
Whether or not the formatter will output it in your desired format is questionable but maybe there's a way to customize that.
If you use a code editor that is setup to 'format on save' you can easily go between joining lines and expanding lines by formatting.
For instance vscode 'join lines' command that you can do by selecting text and then cmd+j will make all code to one line.
If you say have a formatter for whatever language you are writing you just format on save or call format from the command pallet.
My use case was JavaScript bookmarklets, which need to be one line, but I didn't want to write my code that way, so I just 'join lines' then format to edit or save outside the bookmarklet context.