Make the Sort Lines Ascending command language specific

[Perdolique]

Type: Bug

In the last upgrade comand "Sort Lines Ascending" works wrongly. It places test after test:unit, for example.

VS Code version: Code 1.109.5 (0725862, 2026-02-19T19:43:32.382Z)
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[alexdima]

@dmitrivMS Could you reproduce, this doesn't reproduce for me:

CleanShot.2026-02-28.at.21.37.55.mp4

[Perdolique]

@dmitrivMS Could you reproduce, this doesn't reproduce for me:

CleanShot.2026-02-28.at.21.37.55.mp4

Recording.2026-02-28.225602.mp4

[RedCMD]

@Perdolique you should have put that screen recording when creating the issue
and stated it was a json file

this is working as expected
as : comes before "

It places test after test:unit, for example.

nope
it does however place "test" after "test:unit"

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maybe json.sort could be upgraded to support sorting a user selection
@ alexdima

[dmitrivMS]

@alexdima See @RedCMD's comment.

[alexdima]

Thank you for the extra information. The command works as implemented, it does not parse syntax inside lines, it simply does string comparisons as if it were a plain text file. There is however a special command called JSON: Sort Document which might do what you want. If not, then please feel free to write an extension.