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Asked: 2026-05-29T09:02:07+00:00

I have a common problem that I’m looking for a solution to. I have

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I have a common problem that I’m looking for a solution to.
I have lines of similar text I’d like to somehow automatically insert text to align them vertically
such that:

x="foo" data="123" y=x
x="b  4" data="12 " y=x
x="baaar4" data="123aaa5" y=x
x="baaaa,4" data="123dddd5" y=x

becomes this

x="foo"     data="123"      y=x
x="b  4"    data="123 "     y=x
x="baaar4"  data="123aaa5"  y=x
x="baaaa,4" data="123dddd5" y=x

This is a text issue. The input comes from notepad. The output is going to notepad. This is not a formatting issue.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Notepad++ has a plugin that does this for you. It’s called “Code alignment“. It allows you to align text vertically based on characters of your choosing. You can install it via the Plugin Manager for notepad.

    Below is a simple usage scenario. You start off with the following code, then you align by “equals” which is a built-in shortcut/command for the plugin.

    Initial Code Sample, without alignment

    After that, you end up with the following below:

    Code after equals alignment

    You can also take it a step further and use the “align by…” command which allows you to specify any arbitrary alignment string. In the example below, I chose the “#” character in order to align my comments next to one another. This could just as easily have been a longer string, and not one of length 1.

    End result below:

    Final result after arbitrary code alignment string

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