Show Character Code

A VS Code extension that displays the Unicode code point, decimal value, and character name of the character at the cursor position in the status bar.

Features

• Shows U+0041 (65) LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A style information in the status bar
• Updates in real-time as you move the cursor
• Handles surrogate pairs and supplementary plane characters (emoji, CJK, etc.)
• Shows EOL at end of line and EOF at end of file
• Supports Unicode 17 character names

Usage

Simply move your cursor over any character and look at the right side of the status bar.

Examples

Character	Status Bar Display
A	U+0041 (65) LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
€	U+20AC (8364) EURO SIGN
😀	U+1F600 (128512) GRINNING FACE
Tab	U+0009 (9) CHARACTER TABULATION

Building

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• npm (included with Node.js)

Install Dependencies

npm install

Compile

npm run compile

Watch (rebuild on changes)

npm run watch

Run in Development

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host with the extension loaded. The default build task (npm: watch) runs automatically as a pre-launch step.

Installing the Extension

From a VSIX package

1. Build the VSIX:

   npm run package

2. Install in VS Code:

   code --install-extension show-charcode-0.1.0.vsix

   Or use Extensions > ⋯ > Install from VSIX… in VS Code.

From source (development)

1. Clone the repo and run npm install
2. Open the folder in VS Code
3. Press F5 to launch with the extension active