MD Super Paste

Paste images directly into Markdown files. The extension saves the clipboard image in a directory configured for the current workspace and inserts a Markdown image link at the cursor. If the clipboard contains text instead of an image, VS Code's normal paste behavior is unchanged.

Features

• Only handles .md documents whose VS Code language is markdown.
• Disabled by default and configurable per workspace.
• Creates the image directory automatically.
• Supports PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, SVG, and other image clipboard MIME types.
• Works with multi-root workspaces by reading settings for the Markdown document's workspace folder.
• Uses VS Code's clipboard data-transfer API, so no platform-specific clipboard utility is required.

Configuration

Create or edit .vscode/settings.json in your workspace:

{
  "markdownImagePaste.enabled": true,
  "markdownImagePaste.imageDirectory": "images",
  "markdownImagePaste.relativePathPrefix": "./images"
}

Settings:

• markdownImagePaste.enabled: enables the extension in this workspace. Default: false.
• markdownImagePaste.imageDirectory: where pasted image files are saved. A relative value is resolved from the workspace folder. Default: images.
• markdownImagePaste.relativePathPrefix: prefix written before the generated filename in the Markdown image link. If empty, the extension writes the image's absolute filesystem path. Default: empty.

For example, with the configuration above, the inserted Markdown target starts with ./images/ and is followed by a collision-resistant timestamped PNG filename.

Development

npm install
npm run compile
npm test

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.

Packaging

Replace your-publisher-id in package.json with your Marketplace publisher ID, then run:

npm run package

This creates a .vsix file that can be installed locally or published to the Visual Studio Marketplace.