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| Plugin | Description |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [`align_carets`](plugins/align_carets.lua?raw=1) | Align multiple carets and selections *([clip](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2798487/165631951-532f8d24-d596-4dd0-9d21-ff53c71ed32f.mp4))* |
| [`autoinsert`](plugins/autoinsert.lua?raw=1) | Automatically inserts closing brackets and quotes. Also allows selected text to be wrapped with brackets or quotes. |
| [`autosave`](plugins/autosave.lua?raw=1) | Automatically saves files when they are changed |
| [`autosaveonfocuslost`](plugins/autosaveonfocuslost.lua?raw=1) | Automatically saves files that were changed when the main window loses focus by switching to another application |
diff --git a/plugins/align_carets.lua b/plugins/align_carets.lua
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+-- mod-version:2 -- lite-xl 2.0
+local core = require "core"
+local command = require "core.command"
+local DocView = require "core.docview"
+
+
+local function check_doc()
+ local av = core.active_view
+ return av:is(DocView) and #av.doc.selections > 4
+end
+
+
+-- returns:
+-- * if the doc has selections
+-- * if the selections span multiple lines
+local function doc_get_selection_status(doc)
+ local selections = false
+ for _,line1,col1,line2,col2 in doc:get_selections() do
+ if line1 ~= line2 then
+ return true, true
+ end
+ if col1 ~= col2 then
+ selections = true
+ end
+ end
+ return selections, false
+end
+
+
+local function has_selections()
+ if not check_doc() then return false end
+ local selections, has_multilines = doc_get_selection_status(core.active_view.doc)
+ -- we want this to be true if there are only single lines selections
+ return selections and not has_multilines
+end
+
+
+local function has_no_selections()
+ if not check_doc() then return false end
+ return not doc_get_selection_status(core.active_view.doc)
+end
+
+
+local function align(right)
+ local doc = core.active_view.doc
+ local max_col = 0
+ local done = { }
+
+ -- get alignment column
+ for _,line1,col1,_,col2 in doc:get_selections(true) do
+ -- only use the first caret in a line
+ if not done[line1] then
+ done[line1] = true
+ max_col = math.max(max_col, right and col2 or col1)
+ end
+ end
+
+ done = { }
+ for idx,line1,col1,line2,col2 in doc:get_selections(true) do
+ -- only align the first caret in a line
+ if not done[line1] then
+ done[line1] = true
+ local diff = max_col - (right and col2 or col1)
+ if diff > 0 then
+ doc:insert(line1, col1, string.rep(" ", diff))
+ end
+ doc:set_selections(idx, line1, col1 + diff, line2, col2 + diff, right)
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+
+command.add(has_no_selections, {
+ ["doc:align-carets"] = align,
+})
+
+command.add(has_selections, {
+ ["doc:left-align-selections"] = align,
+ ["doc:right-align-selections"] = function() align(true) end,
+})