Handy shortcuts for editing Markdown (.md , .markdown ) files. You can also use markdown formats in any other file (see configuration settings)
Quickly toggle bullet points
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdickin/vscode-markdown-shortcuts/master/media/demo/bullets.gif)
Easily generate URLs
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdickin/vscode-markdown-shortcuts/master/media/demo/urls.gif)
Convert tabular data to tables
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdickin/vscode-markdown-shortcuts/master/media/demo/table_with_header.gif)
Context and title menu integration
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdickin/vscode-markdown-shortcuts/master/media/demo/shortcut_menu.png)
You can show and hide icons in the title bar with the markdownShortcuts.icons.* config settings.
Exposed Commands
Name |
Description |
Default key binding |
md-shortcut.showCommandPalette |
Display all commands |
ctrl+M ctrl+M |
md-shortcut.toggleBold |
Make **bold** |
ctrl+B |
md-shortcut.toggleItalic |
Make _italic_ |
ctrl+I |
md-shortcut.toggleStrikethrough |
Make ~~strikethrough~~ |
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md-shortcut.toggleLink |
Make [a hyperlink](www.example.org) |
ctrl+L |
md-shortcut.toggleImage |
Make an image ![](image_url.png) |
ctrl+shift+L |
md-shortcut.toggleCodeBlock |
Make ```a code block``` |
ctrl+M ctrl+C |
md-shortcut.toggleInlineCode |
Make `inline code` |
ctrl+M ctrl+I |
md-shortcut.toggleBullets |
Make * bullet point |
ctrl+M ctrl+B |
md-shortcut.toggleNumbers |
Make 1. numbered list |
ctrl+M ctrl+1 |
md-shortcut.toggleCheckboxes |
Make - [ ] check list (Github flavored markdown) |
ctrl+M ctrl+X |
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH1 |
Toggle # H1 title |
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md-shortcut.toggleTitleH2 |
Toggle ## H2 title |
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md-shortcut.toggleTitleH3 |
Toggle ### H3 title |
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md-shortcut.toggleTitleH4 |
Toggle #### H4 title |
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md-shortcut.toggleTitleH5 |
Toggle ##### H5 title |
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md-shortcut.toggleTitleH6 |
Toggle ###### H6 title |
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md-shortcut.addTable |
Add Tabular values |
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md-shortcut.addTableWithHeader |
Add Tabular values with header |
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