Permuteatron brings a clutch of Sublime Text-style editing moves into VS Code: line permutation, quick deduping, and selection splitting that makes multi-cursor work feel snappy.
It is small, direct, and oddly satisfying when you have a block of text that needs a tidy little shuffle.
What It Helps You Do
- Reverse selected lines.
- Shuffle selected lines.
- Remove duplicate selected lines while keeping the first occurrence.
- Split a selection into one cursor per line.
- Place cursors at the beginning, end, or active column of selected lines.
- Use handy keyboard shortcuts for fast multi-cursor editing.
- Access line permutation commands from the editor context menu.
Good Moments For Permuteatron
- Reordering lists.
- Cleaning repeated values.
- Preparing test data.
- Editing columns of similar text.
- Turning a selected block into cursors for fast repeated edits.
Commands
- Sublime Text: Permute Lines...
- Sublime Text: Permute Lines: Reverse
- Sublime Text: Permute Lines: Shuffle
- Sublime Text: Permute Lines: Unique
- Sublime Text: Split Selection into Lines
- Sublime Text: Split Selection into Line Cursors...
- Sublime Text: Split Selection into Line Cursors: Beginning
- Sublime Text: Split Selection into Line Cursors: End
- Sublime Text: Split Selection into Column Cursors
The Feel
Tiny tool, big relief. The sort of editor polish you miss the second it is gone.