A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a clear, readable table view for text files with delimiter (such as CSV, TSV etc) with advanced features for data presentation.

• View files with delimiter (such as CSV) in a clean, formatted table with proper column alignment
• Distinct color coding for each column to improve readability
• Automatic theme integration (supports both light and dark VS Code themes)
• Support for files with or without headers
• Support for various delimiters including escaped delimiters such as tab (\t), new line (\n, \r, \r\n), backspace (\b), form-feed (\f), vertical tab (\v), null character (\0), backslash (\)

• Inline editing of cell values directly within the table

• Automatic column width calculation based on content
• Resizable columns by dragging column dividers
• Proper text wrapping to prevent horizontal overflow

• Truncation of large cell content (>3 lines) with "Show More" links. Modal dialog for viewing full text content
• Robust file parsing that handles:
  • Quoted and unquoted fields
  • Commas and newlines within quoted fields
  • Escaped quotes
  • Files with varying column counts per row

• Single row selection by clicking
• Multi-row selection with Ctrl+Click
• Range selection with Shift+Click
• Select all rows with Ctrl+A
• Copy selected rows (or Ctrl+C) to clipboard in original format

Drag and drop or open file in the VS Code editor and follow any of the below techniques to view the data.

1. Right-click method: Right-click any delimited file in the Explorer and select "Open as Table"
2. Command Palette: Use Ctrl+Shift+P and search for "Tabulify: Open as Table"
3. Editor title: Click the "Open as Table" button in the editor title bar when viewing a delimited file

• Ctrl+A - Select all rows
• Ctrl+C - Copy selected rows
• F2 - Toggle edit mode on
• Ctrl+S - Save changes (when in edit mode)
• Escape - Cancel edit mode

• Visual Studio Code version 1.103.0 or higher

This extension contributes the following commands:

• fileViewer.openAsTable: Open the current file as a table view

• Very large files may experience performance issues
• Virtual scrolling for extremely large datasets is planned for future releases
• For any new issues or feature requests, please open a GitHub issue. And don't forget to star the repository!

Performance improvements:

• Toggle edit mode rendering is now faster
• More keyboard shortcut support for edit mode

Minor updates:

• Doc updates

Edit Mode:

• Added support for editing cell values directly in the table view

Other:

• Scrollable container for large cell values (removed modal)
• Fix issues around styling
• Code cleanup

Minor fixes:

• Fix issues around copying headerless
• Code cleanup

Initial release of File Viewer:

• Basic table rendering with sticky headers
• Column resizing and text wrapping
• Row selection and copying
• Modal dialogs for large text content
• Theme integration

Enjoy exploring your file data in a beautiful, readable format! 📊