Automatically open Markdown preview whenever a Markdown file becomes active, with a built-in kill switch to stop auto-open when you want to focus on source editing.
Features
Opens VS Code's built-in Markdown preview automatically on active Markdown files
Uses side-by-side preview by default
Includes a kill switch to disable auto-open
Includes commands to re-enable and toggle the behavior later
Persists the enabled/disabled state in the current workspace
Commands
Command
Description
Markdown Preview On Open: Kill Auto-Open
Disable future automatic preview opening
Markdown Preview On Open: Enable Auto-Open
Re-enable automatic preview opening
Markdown Preview On Open: Toggle Auto-Open
Switch auto-open on or off
Behavior
Markdown-only: the extension reacts to documents whose language is markdown
Preview uses VS Code's native Markdown: Open Preview to the Side behavior
The kill switch only disables future auto-open events; it does not close existing preview panes
Notes
This extension is intentionally narrow and lightweight. It is meant to be the quick "open preview for me" helper for people who read Markdown more often than they author it.
