JSON Visual Editor

Visorn Free Free v0.1.0

Open *.json and *.geojson files as a tree you can click through, or flip to the raw document when you would rather type. Formatting, undo and redo, and a save that writes the file in your workspace instead of an export.

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Needs Visorn installed on this computer. If you do not have it yet, install the package below manually.

visorn.json-editor-0.1.0.vsx

Formats: *.json *.geojson
Extension ID: visorn.json-editor
Publisher: Visorn
Package size: 105 KiB

package.json

{
  "extension": "visorn.json-editor",
  "workspace": "visorn-site",
  "files": [
    "package.json",
    "routes.geojson"
  ],
  "view": "tree",
  "formatted": true,
  "saved": true
}

Illustration, not a screenshot — plain markup standing in for the editor’s tree.

What it does

File tree Every key becomes a row you can expand, collapse and edit.
Raw JSON Flip to the source to paste or hand-edit, then back to the tree.
Format Re-indent the whole document in one step before saving.
Undo & redo Step back and forward through edits while the file stays open.
Save Write back to the same file in your workspace — no export.

Permissions

Local workspace files — read and write. Opens, edits and saves the JSON files in the workspace you enable it in; the files stay on your machine.
Storage. Keeps the extension’s own editor state.
Notifications. Used for the extension’s own editor messages.

You confirm these when installing, and the extension also has to be enabled in the workspace you want to use it in.

Compatibility and updates

The built-in editor stays. Visorn already ships a JSON editor; installing this package does not remove it. This 0.1.0 release is the same baseline that is bundled.
Store updates and reinstalls need a Visorn build that can manage preinstalled extensions. Older builds may reject another package with the same ID — the bundled editor keeps working there.
Updates only go forward. A new version installs only when it is higher than the one you already have; the same version is not installed over itself.
Before uninstalling or updating, save and close the JSON documents open in that workspace.

Installation

Extensions install from Settings → Extensions in Visorn — from the store, or from a downloaded .vsx file. The step-by-step version lives in the wiki for now (temporary wiki).

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