VSCode Extension Localization Helper

An extension to help you work with vscode-nls and vscode-nls-dev to add localization to your own extension.

Features

Show externalized string value when hovering on key

Externalized string key completion suggestions

Peek externalized string value

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Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release, focused on linking your package.json to the relevant package.nls.json file.

Provides hovers on "%translated.string.keys%" in package.json files to show the string value pulled from the package.nls.json. Provides "Go To Definition" and "Peek Definition" for the keys.

Provides completion suggestions when editing a package.json file with an associated package.nls.json file. When editing a json value starting with "% matching keys from the package.nls.json will be shown.

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Feature Wish List Items

Features to be added in future releases:

• Diagnostics for package.json files to detect:
  • Untranslated titles and other user facing strings
    • "title" : "Untranslated string"
  • NLS keys with no match in the package.nls.json
    • "title" : "%missing.key%"
• Code actions for adding missing package.nls.json, or adding untranslated strings to a package.nls.json
• Diagnostics for package.nls.json to detect duplicate string values
• Settings to turn of diagnostics detection
• Integration with string externalization in source code:
  • Detect duplicate string or key values passed to the vscode-nls.loadMessageBundle().localize function.
  • Code action for wrapping string in localize() call.