structed
v0.0.2
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Structured editing for JavaScript
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Structured editing for JavaScript
- Core library
src/index.js
- Example
index.html
Features
- Hierarchical navigation (expand/shrink selection or cursor position)
- Manipulate nodes instead of plain text (copy/cut)
Editor plugins
Editor integration guide
Structed's core library is a set of functions that walk AST and return location data for selection or cursor position to be set. It can work with any JS-based editor. See how it is used in VS Code extension.
How it works
Because JavaScript’s source code is represented as plain text we need to parse it into AST first (structured representation of the code). And then analyze AST, with respect to cursor position in the editor, and compute selection range for AST nodes that should be “in focus” by walking the structure and extracting location data.