How To View Zero Width Space Unicode Character
What is Zero Width Space Unicode Character?
The zero-width space character is encoded in Unicode as U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
Steps To view zero width space unicode character in VSCode
- Go to VSCode Settings by Clicking on File > Preferences > Settings or Pressing
CTRL+, - Now using search bar look for
unicode invisible character - Now enable the option using checkbox for
Editor > Unicode Highlight: Invisible Characters
OR
Simply add following tag to your VSCode Settings JSON > Setting ID : editor.unicodeHighlight.invisibleCharacters as true
"editor.unicodeHighlight.invisibleCharacters": true
After doing so, you will observe following changes in VSCode
Before Setting Change
After Setting Change
Steps To View Zero Width Space Unicode Character in Chrome
Just open chrome console and then copy-paste the text you want to check for zero width space unicode character inside it and then press enter key.
As you can see in above image, the zero width space unicode characters get highlighted as red dots.