How to align statements around a particular word or token?

Question

I want to align my statements around a particular word or token.

Example:

import React          from 'react';
import { browserHistory, Router, Route } from 'react-router';
import Main           from './components/main';

In this case, I want my statements to be aligned around from word.

Like this

import React                             from 'react';
import { browserHistory, Router, Route } from 'react-router';
import Main                              from './components/main';

I have installed a plugin called tabular but I don't know how to align around a word. I can align around = or any other token but not around a word.

Answer 1

The Tabular plugin works with regular expressions. So, you can give a word or a pattern, not just a single character.

:Tabularize /from/

will align in the way you wanted.

You can find a great tutorial about Tabular on Vimcasts.