🧩 Markdown Enhancer

Enhance your Markdown editing experience in Visual Studio Code with smart formatting, intelligent code fences, dynamic Table of Contents generation, and more.

✨ Features

✅ Backtick Decoration & Smart Handler – highlights every backtick sequence and turns `|` into a full 6-backtick block with language picker.
✅ Auto-Continue Lists – hit Enter in a list to continue or exit automatically.
✅ Code Block Completion – three or six backticks trigger a language picker and auto-create closing fences.
✅ Advanced Table Editor – add / delete rows & columns, sort, format, toggle header row.
✅ Mermaid Diagram Templates – quickly insert flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ERDs, etc.
✅ Math Equation Support – inline or block LaTeX with common templates.
✅ Footnote Helper – automatic numbering and definition management.
✅ Emoji & Clipboard Image Pickers – drop images or emojis straight into your document.
✅ Markdown Linter – run a rule set and surface problems in the Problems pane or fix on save.
✅ Word Count & Statistics – instant counts for words, characters, reading-time.
✅ Export to HTML – render the current Markdown with VS Code’s built-in renderer or GitHub CSS.
✅ Command Palette for Everything – over 20 quick actions (see below).

✅ Command Palette Actions

Insert Markdown Header
Insert Code Block with Language
Insert Link
Insert Image
Insert Table
Insert Task List
Format Text (Bold, Italic, Inline Code, etc.)
Generate or Refresh Table of Contents
Advanced Table Editor
Insert Mermaid Diagram
Insert Math Equation
Insert Footnote
Insert Emoji
Insert Image From Clipboard

✅ Keyboard Shortcuts (Markdown only): | Keybind | Action | |---------|--------| | ` | Smart backtick handler | | Ctrl+Shift+C | Insert code block | | Ctrl+Shift+L | Insert link | | Ctrl+Shift+T | Insert table | | Ctrl+Shift+I | Insert image | | Ctrl+Shift+F | Format text | | Ctrl+Shift+G | Generate TOC | | Ctrl+Shift+R | Refresh TOC | | Ctrl+Shift+A | Advanced Table Editor | | Ctrl+Shift+M | Insert Mermaid diagram | | Ctrl+Shift+E | Insert math equation | | Ctrl+Shift+N | Insert footnote | | Ctrl+Shift+J | Insert emoji | | Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste image from clipboard | | Alt+Shift+L | Lint Markdown | | Ctrl+Shift+W | Show word-count & stats |

(All shortcuts can be changed in File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts.)

📸 Screenshots

Coming soon...

🔧 Commands Reference

Command	Description
`markdown-enhancer.insertHeader`	Insert Markdown header
`markdown-enhancer.insertCodeBlock`	Insert language-tagged code block
`markdown-enhancer.insertLink`	Interactive link creator
`markdown-enhancer.insertTable`	Table wizard
`markdown-enhancer.insertImage`	Image helper
`markdown-enhancer.insertTaskList`	Checklist generator
`markdown-enhancer.formatText`	Bold, italic, quote, etc.
`markdown-enhancer.generateToc`	Insert new TOC
`markdown-enhancer.refreshToc`	Refresh existing TOC
`markdown-enhancer.advancedTableEditor`	In-place table editing
`markdown-enhancer.insertMermaidDiagram`	Diagram templates
`markdown-enhancer.insertMathEquation`	LaTeX equation helper
`markdown-enhancer.insertFootnote`	Footnote assistant
`markdown-enhancer.insertEmoji`	Emoji picker
`markdown-enhancer.pasteImageFromClipboard`	Paste image directly
`markdown-enhancer.lintMarkdown`	Run Markdown-lint rules
`markdown-enhancer.showWordCount`	Show word / character counts
`markdown-enhancer.exportToHtml`	Export current file to HTML

🔨 Requirements

VS Code 1.100.0 or new.

🚀 Getting Started

Open a Markdown (.md) file in VS Code.
Try typing backticks (`) or pressing Enter inside a list.
Use Ctrl+Shift+P to access Markdown Enhancer commands.

Markdown Enhancer