VSCode SortJSON

What is it?

Alphabetically sorts the keys in selected JSON objects.

Please take care using this - I've tried to ensure it won't invalidate your JSON. But, as it has to parse > sort > stringify, there is a chance it'll lose something. It should be fine for plain JSON.

Install

• Install via VSCode extensions install

Usage

• Select a JSON object (note, it uses full lines so ensure the selected lines are a valid JSON object)
• Run the extension (Cmd+Shift+P => Sort JSON)

Context Menu

If there are too many entries in the Context Menu, then you can modify which get shown by adding (and editing) this to your VSCode preferences:

"sortJSON.contextMenu": {
    "sortJSON": false,
    "sortJSONAlphaNum": false,
    "sortJSONAlphaNumReverse": false,
    "sortJSONKeyLength": false,
    "sortJSONKeyLengthReverse": false,
    "sortJSONReverse": false,
    "sortJSONType": false,
    "sortJSONTypeReverse": false,
    "sortJSONValues": false,
    "sortJSONValuesReverse": false
}

Updates

• 1.20.0: Finally!, support for JSON with comments (JSONC) content #4..
• 1.19.2: Fixed sort files error #45.
• 1.19.1: Enable 'Formatter' - so can do format on save :) (thanks JerryGreen). Excluded Paths (thanks Sri352).
• 1.18.0: Make it more a formatter, than separate command.
• 1.17.0: Sort by type (experimental code).
• 1.16.0: Sort by values (experimental code).
• 1.15.0: Change algorithm to better cope with JSON quirks.
• 1.14.0: Sortable alphanumerically (a2 < a10).
• 1.13.0: Sortable by key length.
• 1.12.0: Improvements to JSONC comment detection (thanks reporter123).
• 1.11.0: Tries to use normal JSON outputter for some known JSON issues.
• 1.10.1: Removes (simple) comment lines from JSON before sorting.
• 1.9.2: Now sorts the whole file if there is no selected text.
• 1.9.0: Now sorts selected JSON text, even if that is embedded in a JSON object - note, doesn't preserve indents.
• 1.8.0: Sorts objects within arrays.

Example

Settings

• You can override the sort order (note: this applies to all levels and overrides reverse sort too). Add this to your preferences (settings.json):
  • "sortJSON.orderOverride": ["name", "version", "description"]
• You can underride the sort order (note: this applies to all levels and underrides reverse sort too). Add this to your preferences (settings.json):
  • "sortJSON.orderUnderride": ["dependencies", "devDependencies"]

Sort on save

There's a vscode setting for formatters (settings.json):

  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.fixAll": true
  }

But you can also selectively enable/disable this formatter with (settings.json):

{
    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
        "source.fixAll.sortJSON": true
    }
}

Or use a hotkey, if you prefer (keybindings.json):

{
    "key": "cmd+shift+a",
    "command": "editor.action.codeAction",
    "args": {
        "kind": "source.fixAll.sortJSON"
    }
}