https://github.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars

Extension to highlight bad characters such as No-break space ( ) and the Greek question mark (;) in your source files.
https://github.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars

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Extension to highlight bad characters such as No-break space ( ) and the Greek question mark (;) in your source files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars
• Owner: WengerK
• Created: 2017-04-24T13:32:59.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-11-12T08:54:38.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-03T00:34:22.878Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: visual-studio-code
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wengerk.highlight-bad-chars#overview
• Size: 371 KB
• Stars: 31
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md

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# Highlight Bad Chars

Extension to highlight bad characters such as No-break space ( ) and the Greek question mark (;) in your source files.

With this package you'll easily notice invisible and easy-to-confuse characters, which can be the cause for incredibly annoying syntax errors in source code.

Save yourself the burden of debugging invisible bugs for hours!

## Features

### Before

![Before using Highlight Bad Chars](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars/master/images/before.png)

### After

![After using Highlight Bad Chars](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars/master/images/after.png)

### Settings

Additional unicode characters can be specified in Visual Studio Code 'Settings'.

'highlight-bad-chars.additionalUnicodeChars' is the setting name array object that is used. To add additional unicode characters, add a new string array value with the unicode character to mark as shown in example below.

```json

    "highlight-bad-chars.additionalUnicodeChars": [

        "\u200E",

        "\u200F"

    ],

```

![highlight-bad-chars-configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars/master/images/highlight-bad-chars-configuration.settings.png)

The default "bad char" decoration style can be configured through the

`highlight-bad-chars.badCharDecorationStyle` and defaults to:

```json

    "highlight-bad-chars.badCharDecorationStyle": {

        "cursor": "crosshair",

        "backgroundColor": "rgba(255,0,0,0.3)",

        "borderWidth": "1px",

        "borderStyle": "solid",

        "borderColor": "rgba(255,0,0,0.6)"

    }

```

![highlight-bad-chars-configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WengerK/vscode-highlight-bad-chars/master/images/highlight-bad-chars-decoration.settings.png)

## Credits

Based on the [atom](https://atom.io/) package [Highlight Bad Chars](https://atom.io/packages/highlight-bad-chars).