Markdown Mode Memory
Markdown Mode Memory makes Markdown files use the editor presentation you selected most recently in that workspace:
- normal text editor
- rendered Markdown Preview
- Markdown Editor (Experimental), the hybrid editor introduced in VS Code 1.131
For example, open a Markdown file, press ⇧⌘V to switch it to rendered preview, then open another Markdown file. It opens directly as a preview. If you use Reopen Editor With... to select Markdown Editor, later Markdown files use that hybrid editor instead.
The extension remembers the mode across VS Code restarts, separately for each workspace. Switching an existing file to another Markdown mode updates the workspace preference immediately.
Requirements
- Visual Studio Code 1.131 or later. This is the release that introduced the experimental hybrid Markdown editor.
Permission and commands
On the first mode change in a workspace, the extension asks for permission to manage the Markdown editor preference in the workspace settings. Choosing Not for This Workspace or dismissing the prompt prevents both setting changes and future prompts in that workspace.
- Run Markdown Mode Memory: Start Managing This Workspace to opt in later without another prompt. It leaves the setting unchanged until the next time you switch a Markdown file to another view.
- Run Markdown Mode Memory: Stop Managing and Restore Previous Preference to stop managing the workspace and put back the
*.md association that existed before the extension began managing it.
How it works
The extension updates the workspace's workbench.editorAssociations setting only after you deliberately change a Markdown file's editor mode. VS Code then resolves later file opens using its native editor-association behavior, so this extension never replaces an editor tab after it opens.
The workspace setting applies to everyone who uses that workspace and may produce a change in .vscode/settings.json or the workspace file. It can also affect Markdown diff views unless workbench.diffEditorAssociations specifies another editor.
The extension tracks .md resources, matching the *.md editor association it manages.
