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Steam Text Editor Preview
Preview Steam BBCode (Text Editor format) with a live preview panel that updates as you type — just like VS Code's Markdown preview.
Features
Live preview that opens beside your editor (Ctrl+Shift+V or click the preview icon)
Full BBCode support matching Steam's formatting help
Tag
Renders As
[h1]–[h3]Headings
[b]Bold
[i]Italic
[u]Underline
[strike] / [s]Strikethrough
[url=] / [url]Links
[img]Images (web URLs, local files, relative paths)
[quote] / [quote=author]Blockquotes
[code]Code blocks
[spoiler]Expandable spoilers
[list] / [olist] + [*]Bulleted / ordered lists
[table] / [tr] / [th] / [td]Tables (noborder=1, equalcells=1)
[hr]Horizontal rule
[center]Centered text
[size=] / [color=]Font size / color
[noparse]Escape BBCode
Local Images
[img]https://example.com/image.png[/img] → web URL
[img]images/steam.png[/img] → relative to open file
[img]C:\Users\me\Pictures\art.png[/img] → absolute local path
Usage
Open a .steambb or .bbcode file
Press Ctrl+Shift+V or click the preview icon in the editor title bar
The preview panel updates live as you type
Requirements
Extension Settings
None currently.
