README.md

Lazarus JSON Viewer

Simple application to view a JSON file.

Table of contents

• Features
• Keys
• Translations
• Setup as default viewer
  • Linux (Unbuntu)
  • Windows
• Screenshots

Features

1. List of files to view
2. View JSON in tree format, Tree Tab
3. View JSON in text format, JSON Tab
4. Drag and Drop files unto the application
5. Multiple interpretations of the value
   • Numbers formated and unformated
   • Numbers displayed in Binary and Hexadecimal
   • Numbers displayed in Bytes (B, KB, MB, GB, TB)
   • Integer numbers displayed as date (UnixTime)

Keys

• The F12 key toggles between Tree and JSON view.
• The Escape key exits the application.
• On Linux the Ctrl+Q key combination exits the application.
• On Windows the Atl+X key combination exits the application.

Translations

At the moment the available translations are for:

• Portuguese(Portugal)

If you like this application and are willing to translate it, I would be immensely grateful towards that effort!!

Setup as default viewer

Linux (Ubuntu)

The quick and dirty way I did it on my system was:

1. Create a file under $HOME/.local/share/applications named jsonviewer.desktop with the appropriate contents pointing to where you have uncompressed your binary.
2. Create and entry on $HOME/.local/share/applications/defaults.list that looks like:

[Default Applications]
application/json=jsonviewer.desktop

Windows

At the moment I don't have an answer on how to do it manually. Need to consult some Windows gurus.

Nonetheless, the Windows Setup binary provided will ask you if you want to make it the default viewer for JSON files.

Screenshots

• Tree view
• JSON view