Shortcut to autoformat tables in feature files

Thomas, G (Geert-Jan)

• May 11, 2022 08:47

If you want to align the columns of a table in a feature file you can (re-)type the final pipe '|' on the last line. This works fine but could be improved.

It would be very convenient if you can just press a (configurable) keyboard shortcut that would reformat the table that the cursor is currently in.

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  Dominique BOYER

  • May 11, 2022 08:49

  Hello, use CTRL+K+D, this is the regular VS shortcut to format file, it works with specflow files and tables.

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  Thomas, G (Geert-Jan)

  • May 11, 2022 09:58

  Hi Dominique,

  Thanks for that reminder, I must say I did not remember that one immediately ;)

  But CTRL+K+D applies to the whole file and that may not be desirable for multiple reasons:

  • It may reformat things you don't want reformatted (e.g. it removes white lines in scenario comments)
  • It may make many changes to the file unrelated to the one your are making, making a code review or pull request harder

  Cheers,

  Geert-Jan

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