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Markdown Abbreviation <abbr>

Markdown Abbreviation <abbr>

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Adds HTML Abbreviation <abbr> support to VSCode's markdown preview
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Markdown Abbreviation <abbr>

Adds HTML Abbreviation <abbr> support to VSCode's markdown preview.

Overview

The abbr plugin lets you define abbreviations once and automatically wraps every occurrence in an <abbr> element with a title attribute for the full expansion.

<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>

Syntax

Define abbreviations anywhere in the document using the *[ABBR]: Full text syntax. Definitions are removed from the output and all matching words are wrapped automatically.

_[HTML]: HyperText Markup Language
_[CSS]: Cascading Style Sheets

Write HTML and CSS as normal — they are automatically expanded with tooltips.

About

Part of Markdown Preview Extended Syntax — a pack of Markdown preview syntax extensions you can install all at once.

Powered by @mirrordown/mdit-abbr · Source on GitHub.

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