It is a very good option to protect data and privacy, especially in the corporate and development environment. When compared to Trello kanban board, it has many valuable additional features. Refer to Trello Vs Restyaboard comparison for more details.
Authentication
Activate extension by clicking on the icon in the left Activity Bar.
Set credentials by clicking the key icon in the left Side Bar or running command "Restyaboard Viewer: Authenticate".
After entering the API key, a new page should open in the browser to get an API token.
Alternatively, use the command "Restyaboard Viewer: Set Credentials" and follow instructions from Restyaboard to manually generate a token.
Tree View
Usage
Restyaboard boards, lists, and cards appear in the left SideBar.
Clicking a board or list expands or collapses objects.
Clicking a card opens the markdown file as well as the previewer, opening this to the right side (editor column 2 by default).
Clicking on the 'star' icon to the right of a list assigns this as your "favourite list", shown in the lower part of the sidebar.
Clicking on the icons in the sidebar runs various commands, such as setting credentials, removing credentials, showing saved info, and refreshing views.
Click the 'plus' icon to add a card to the selected list.
Right-click on a card to see options for cards, such as assigning a user, editing the title or description, and archive card.
Restyaboard Card Markdown Preview
Useful Commands
The main functionality is provided using the VS code interface in the Left Side Bar. Running commands to use this extension is optional.
Command
Description
Restyaboard Viewer: Set Credentials
Set user Restyaboard API key and token manually.
Restyaboard Viewer: Refresh
Refresh the main Restyaboard tree view.
Restyaboard Viewer: Reset Credentials
Resets saved credentials.
Extension Settings
Name of Setting
Default
Description
restyaboardViewer.starredBoardsOnly
false
Controls whether to display starred boards only or all boards.
restyaboardViewer.viewColumn
2
Specifies which editor column markdown previewer opens at.
Advanced
This extension creates a temporary file named ~vscodeRestyaboard.md in the user's VS Code Settings folder.
The markdown file contains parsed content of the Restyaboard card and can be saved locally.
Hover over any board, list or card to see the Restyaboard ID.
The setting "markdown.preview.breaks" is automatically set to true to see new lines correctly formatted.
