The Encode/Decode (ecdc) extension allows you to quickly convert one or more selections of text to and from various formats. Supported conversions include:
- String to Base64
- Base 64 to String
- String to JSON Byte Array
- Base64 to JSON Byte Array
- String to MD5 Hash (as Base64 String)
- String to HTML Entities
- HTML Entities to String
- String to Unicode
- Unicode to String
The extension provides a single command to the command palette. To active the command simply launch the command palette (Shift-CMD-P on OSX or Shift-Ctrl-P on Windows and Linux), then just type Convert Selection, then a menu of possible conversions will be displayed. Alternatively you can use the keyboard bindings CMD-ALT-C and CTRL-ALT-C for Mac & PC respectively.