An unofficial and simple integration of the Excalidraw diagramming tool into Visual Studio. There's a File -> New template
to create Excalidraw diagrams which can be opened form Solution Explorer and edited with the Excalidraw editor
but all from the comfort of Visual Studio.
🚀 Features
Edit .excalidraw files in the Excalidraw editor in a Visual Studio tool window.
Uses an offline version of Excalidraw.
Excalidraw file templates available in the New File dialog.
Can save to a file with a .excalidraw.png extension with the Excalidraw diagram embedded for extra portability.
Support light/dark theme adopting the setting from Visual Studio.
Support libraries allowing you to add to the library and have it persist between sessions.
📄 Adding an .excalidraw file
🖼️ Adding an '.excalidraw.png` file
For extra portability, you can save your Excalidraw diagram as a .png file with the Excalidraw diagram embedded.
Although, as this screen animation shows, the file extension is messed up a little by the extension and needs manual intervention at the moment ☹️.
Change log
2025-04-15 Upgraded the version of Excalidraw to 0.18.0 which includes elbow arrows!
2025-04-16 Bug: adding text and browsing fonts was broken as the asset path for Excalidraw was not set correctly for hosting in Visual Studio.
