Open in Integrated Browser

A lightweight VS Code extension that adds an "Open in Integrated Browser" command to the Explorer and editor tab context menus, opening the selected file in VS Code's built-in Simple Browser (instead of an external browser).

Originally motivated by how cumbersome it is to preview HTML files inside VS Code's integrated browser — now it's a single right-click.

Features

• Right-click any supported file in the Explorer, on an editor tab, or in the editor area → Open in Integrated Browser.
• Opens the file using VS Code's built-in Simple Browser via simpleBrowser.api.open (falls back to vscode.open when unavailable).
• Fully configurable file types via the openInIntegratedBrowser.extensions setting.
• Localized in English and 简体中文.

Default supported file extensions

html, htm, pdf, xml, xsl, txt, md

Configuration

Example settings.json:

{
  "openInIntegratedBrowser.extensions": [
    "html", "htm", "pdf", "svg", "md"
  ]
}

Commands

License

MIT © NEVSTOP-LAB