Better Align installs statistics
By wwm · VS Code Marketplace · Formatters
Align code without selecting them first.
Better Align has 555,336 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #799 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.29 / 5 from 38 ratings
About Better Align
Better Align
Features
Align your code by colon(:), assignment(=,+=,-=,*=,/=) and arrow(=>). It has additional support for comma-first coding style and trailing comment.
And it doesn't require you to select what to be aligned, the extension will figure it out by itself.
How to use
Place your cursor at where you want your code to be aligned, and invoke the Align command via Command Palette or customized shortcut. Then the code will be automatically aligned.
Screenshots
Comma-first sytle:
Trailing comment:
Align within selection:
Shortcuts
There's no built-in shortcut comes with the extension, you have to add shotcuts by yourself: 1. Open Command Palette and type open shortcuts to open keybinding settings 2. Add something similar like this:
Extension Settings
alignment.operatorPadding : "left" | "right"
Specify how assignment operator will be aligned.
alignment.indentBase : "firstline" | "activeline" | "dontchange"
Specify if it use the indentation of the firstline or the line under the cursor. Below are the activeline effect, notice how it's different from the screenshot above.
If indentBase is dontchange, better-align will only align lines with same indentation and will not modify the indentation.
alignment.surroundSpace
Default value:
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
Where Better Align sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wwm.better-align. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.