Vertically align (indent) values in object literals

Would be nice to modify from

{
    browserName: 'internet explorer',
    platform: 'Windows 7',
    version: '8'
}

to

{
    browserName: 'internet explorer',
    platform:    'Windows 7',
    version:     '8'
}

but cannot find such an option. Any clues? Or is this functionality missing?

[gentlefox]

Possible solution (unsure how Q&D attempt is going - I’ll try it out later). The Alignment plugin (Sublime Text, Textmate etc) utilises .jsbeautifyrc and offers the following settings and the desired functionality of this enhancement. Alignment Settings

    {
      // If the indent level of a multi-line selection should be aligned
      "align_indent": true,

      // If indentation is done via tabs, set this to true to also align
      // mid-line characters via tabs. This may cause alignment issues when
      // viewing the file in an editor with different tab width settings. This
      // will also cause multi-character operators to be left-aligned to the
      // first character in the operator instead of the character from the
      // "alignment_chars" setting.
      "mid_line_tabs": false,

      // The mid-line characters to align in a multi-line selection, changing
      // this to an empty array will disable mid-line alignment
      "alignment_chars": ["=", ":"],

      // If the following character is matched for alignment, insert a space
      // before it in the final alignment
      "alignment_space_chars": ["=", ":"],

      // The characters to align along with "alignment_chars"
      // For instance if the = is to be aligned, there are a number of
      // symbols that can be combined with the = to make an operator, and all
      // of those must be kept next to the = for the operator to be parsed
      "alignment_prefix_chars": [
        "+", "-", "&", "|", "<", ">", "!", "~", "%", "/", "*", "."
      ]
    }

Alternative setting, following .eslintrc rules:

    'indent': ['error', 2, {
      'FunctionExpression': {
        'parameters': 'first'
      },
      'CallExpression': {
        'arguments': 'first'
      },
      'ArrayExpression': 'first',
      'ObjectExpression': 'first',
      'flatTernaryExpressions': true
    }],
    'key-spacing': ['error', {
      'singleLine': {
          'beforeColon' : false,
          'afterColon'  : true
        },
        'multiLine': {
          'beforeColon' : true,
          'afterColon'  : true,
          'align'       : 'colon'
        }
    }],

Based on whether Array, Object, or sequential Variable declarations, parse file as per usual with multiline for each of these flagged to do so. Parser stores type and line range. ie:

    {
      "array": ["16-20"],
      "object": ["23-26", "41-47", "53-60"],
      "variable": ["4-12", "31-34"]
    }

This way 3 unique formatting methods can be applied in turn.

Is it still shameless code borrowing if you reference the source? ^grin^

[evocateur]

Pull requests are always welcome.