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Insert GUID

A simple command extension for Visual Studio Code to insert globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) into the Code text editor in a variety of formats.

This provides the same useful formats as _Create GUID_ that ships with Visual Studio, but without specific language syntaxes for some formats and without unwanted line feeds. Currently, formats supported include:

1. Simple string: 11d4dc2e-375a-4b89-9ad4-aa30105385aa 2. Registry string: {11d4dc2e-375a-4b89-9ad4-aa30105385aa} 3. C structure: static const struct GUID NAME = {0x11d4dc2e, 0x375a, 0x4b89, {0x9a, 0xd4, 0xaa, 0x30, 0x10, 0x53, 0x85, 0xaa}}; 4. C macro: DEFINE_GUID(NAME, {x11d4dc2e, 0x375a, 0x4b89, 0x9a, 0xd4, 0xaa, 0x30, 0x10, 0x53, 0x85, 0xaa); 5. Unformatted string: 11d4dc2e375a4b899ad4aa30105385aa 6. C structure only: {0x11d4dc2e, 0x375a, 0x4b89, {0x9a, 0xd4, 0xaa, 0x30, 0x10, 0x53, 0x85, 0xaa}} 7. User-specified formats as described below

The token NAME is easy to replace by double clicking to select every character, unlike > used in the _Create GUID_ tool.

Installation

You can easily search for and install extensions directly within Code.

1. Open the command palette: Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) 2. Type: Install Extension 3. Type: Insert GUID 4. Press Enter or click the download button to install

Code also makes it easy to update extensions:

1. Open the command palette: Ctrl+Shift+P 2. Type: Show Outdated Extensions 3. Press Enter or click the download button to install updates

Using

Whenever you want to insert a new GUID at the cursor or replace the currently selected text:

1. Open the command palette: Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) 2. Type: Insert GUID 3. Press Enter and select the desired format by typing the number or using the arrow keys.

You can also skip right to step 3 using the default keyboard binding, Ctrl+Shift+. This is more easily remembered as Ctrl+{ as with the curly brace used in the registry string format, or as Cmd+{ on the Mac.

Options

You can set different configuration options to control the format of GUIDs that can be inserted.

• insertGuid.showLowercase: Show lowercase GUIDs (with and without braces) when presenting possible GUID formats to insert. The default is true. • insertGuid.showUppercase: Show uppercase GUIDs (with and without braces) when presenting possible GUID formats to insert. The default is false. • insertGuid.showCodeSnippets: Show code snippets for C++ when presenting possible GUID formats to insert. The default is true. • insertGuid.pasteAutomatically: When not empty, paste the GUID in a specified format without showing selection menu. The default is "". The formatting options are: • {b}|{B} inserts a braced string in lowercase {b} or uppercase {B} e.g., {880c86bc-384c-4cce-9e9a-4f760ca755c4} • {d}|{D} inserts a hyphenated string in lowercase {d} or uppercase {D} e.g., 880c86bc-384c-4cce-9e9a-4f760ca755c4 • {n}|{N} inserts an unformatted string in lowercase {n} or uppercase {N} e.g., 880c86bc384c4cce9e9a4f760ca755c4 • {x}|{X} inserts a struct-formatted string in lowercase {x} or uppercase {X} e.g., {0x880c86bc,0x384c,0x4cce,{0x9e,0x9a,0x4f,0x76,0x0c,0xa7,0x55,0xc4}} • {x0}|{X0} inserts the first four bytes as a hexadecimal string in lowercase {x0} or uppercase {X0} e.g., 0x880c86bc • {x1}|{X1} and {x2}|{X2} insert the second and third two bytes as a hexadecimal string in lowercase {x1} and {x2}, or uppercase {X1} and {X2} e.g., 0x384c and 0x4cce • {x3}|{X3} through {x10}|{X10} insert the subsequent bytes individually as a hexadecimal string in lowercase {x3} or uppercase {X3} e.g., 0x9e through 0xc4. • {nl} inserts a new line • All other characters will be interpreted literally e.g., new GUID("{D}") inserts new GUID("880C86BC-384C-4CCE-9E9A-4F760CA755C4")

For example, to generate a GUID for the [windows crate, you could define:

Which would insert a GUID like:

License

The extension and source are licensed under the MIT license.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.