An ultra-lightweight, lightning-fast extension providing comprehensive syntax highlighting, auto-completion, and native live-updating previews for Ambastha Diagram (.abd) files directly inside Visual Studio Code.
✨ Features
High-Fidelity Rendering: Instantly parse and preview Use Case, Gantt, Kanban, Flowcharts, Pert, and CPM diagrams.
Smart Language Integration: Full TextMate token highlighting explicitly mapped for diagram syntax layouts.
Live Interactive Synchronization: View your visual architectural updates instantly alongside your workspace workspace text inputs.
Vector File Exports: Ship your optimized layouts directly into crisp vector-graphic payloads (.svg or .png).
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus
Action
Shortcut Key
Active Context Condition
Open Interactive Preview
Ctrl+Shift+V / Cmd+Shift+V
Only inside active .abd files
Open Preview to Side Panel
Via Top Title Menu Bar Button
Editor focused on an .abd script
🛠️ Contribution Commands
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and type Ambastha Diagrams: to discover all built-in layout management commands:
Ambastha Diagrams: Open Preview
Ambastha Diagrams: Open Preview to the Side
Ambastha Diagrams: Export as SVG
Ambastha Diagrams: Export as PNG
⚙️ Settings Configuration
This extension provides custom properties available inside your standard VS Code global JSON settings.json workspace preferences:
ambastha.registryUrl: String (Default: "") — Assign a URL path string pointing to a custom, remote diagram configuration JSON manifest. Leave empty to use the robust bundled engine library defaults.
📄 Extension License
Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the accompanying LICENSE file template inside the directory layout footprint for explicit usage regulations.
