How to align text with Alignment package in Sublime 3 with spaces around '='?

Question

I want to use the Alignment package in Sublime Text 3 in order to align some variable assignments and I want to have spaces around the = character. This is an example:

bar = 'cherry'
bar_baz = 'tomato'
f = 'carrot'

This is how it turns out:

bar    = 'cherry'
bar_baz= 'tomato'
f      = 'carrot'

This is how it should be:

bar     = 'cherry'
bar_baz = 'tomato'
f       = 'carrot'

My settings for the Alignment package are the following:

{
    "alignment_chars": [
        "=", ":"
    ]
}

Answer 1

The default settings show:

:
:
// 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": ["="],
:
:

Confirm yours haven't been mangled somehow.

Using your input, if I select the text, or I use multiple cursors in front of =, and run the command it'll align as you specify, with spaces around =, like:

bar     = 'cherry'
bar_baz = 'tomato'
f       = 'carrot'

If I used multiple cursors, after running, the cursors are placed in front of the = still:

bar     |= 'cherry'
bar_baz |= 'tomato'
f       |= 'carrot'

So, the gist of this is, I can't duplicate your problem whether I change the alignment_chars or not.

I will recommend looking at the AlignTab package as a replacement for Alignment as the "Live Preview Mode" is great.