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Markdown Shortcuts

Markdown Shortcuts

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Shortcuts for Markdown editing
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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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

Easily generate URLs

Convert tabular data to tables

Context and title menu integration

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~~
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
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH2 Toggle ## H2 title
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH3 Toggle ### H3 title
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH4 Toggle #### H4 title
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH5 Toggle ##### H5 title
md-shortcut.toggleTitleH6 Toggle ###### H6 title
md-shortcut.addTable Add Tabular values
md-shortcut.addTableWithHeader Add Tabular values with header
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