Markdown Preview Enhanced Lite

Lightweight Markdown preview with table formatting, checklist support, custom CSS themes, and one-click HTML export. Fast, zero-dependency, and beautifully styled.

Features

Enhanced Preview

Open a live-updating side-by-side preview of any Markdown file. Supports headings, bold, italic, links, code, lists, and tables — rendered cleanly.

Table Formatter

Auto-align all Markdown tables in your document so columns are perfectly padded. Works on multi-table documents in one command.

Checklist Toggle

Click a command to toggle - [ ] / - [x] on the current line — no manual editing required.

Insert Table

Generate a properly-formatted table stub by specifying the number of columns and rows via a quick prompt.

HTML Export

Export your Markdown to a styled HTML file with a single command. Output saved next to the source file.

4 Built-in Themes

Theme	Description
`github`	Light GitHub-style
`github-dark`	Dark GitHub-style
`minimal`	Clean serif for reading
`academic`	Classic paper style

Usage

Command	Keybinding	Description
Open Enhanced Preview	`Ctrl+Shift+V`	Open live preview panel
Format Table	`Ctrl+Shift+T`	Align all tables
Export as HTML	—	Save HTML next to .md file
Toggle Checklist Item	—	Toggle checkbox on current line
Insert Table	—	Wizard to insert a new table

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`mdPreviewLite.theme`	`github`	Preview theme
`mdPreviewLite.fontSize`	`16`	Preview font size (px)
`mdPreviewLite.customCss`	`""`	Path to custom CSS file
`mdPreviewLite.lineNumbers`	`false`	Line numbers in code blocks

Installation

Open VS Code
Press Ctrl+P
Type ext install miccho27.markdown-preview-enhanced-lite
Press Enter

License

MIT

Markdown Preview Enhanced Lite - Tables, Checklists & Export

miccho27