Format Comment

When it comes to large-scale projects, developers have to work in teams that are each designed to tackle specific functions and features in order to meet the target deadlines. As such, communication is key to ensuring a proper collaboration among team members.

Apart from the usual in-person or video-conferencing meetings, messages are also left in the form of annotations in various sections of a project’s files. While tackling time-crunches, these notes may take more space than usual within the document, which is where Format Comment comes into play.

Some people’s personalities are illustrated through the structure of their written messages, ranging from succinct bullet-point-styled summaries of the situation at hand, to full-blown descriptions that address a myriad of aspects in detail.

Regardless of the types you happen to meet, the formatting is sometimes the least concerning factor to take into account whenever time is of the essence. However, if you wish to keep the coding excerpts tidy when working with a laptop’s diminished screen real estate, manual formatting can feel tedious.

In an attempt to spare users from sacrificing time that is better spent on building upon the project, the extension at hand lets you select paragraphs opened with a specific series of symbols and reduce the amount of lines by joining them in a non-obtrusive manner.

In terms of settings, one can customize the number of characters allowed on a line to fit the ultra-wide display-equipped setups of certain users. The extension can have a custom combination of hotkeys for a faster activation method using Visual Studio Code’s native functionality.

Whether you find yourself having to optimize the annotations of your peers or you wish to re-arrange your own, Format Comment should be a welcome addition to your arsenal of add-ons.