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Markdown Document Toolset

Markdown Document Toolset

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Utilities for Markdown editing in VSCode
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Markdown Document Toolset

A VSCode extension that provides quick access to common Markdown editing operations via the context menu.

Features

Table

Command Description
Align Format table columns with aligned widths
Paste as Table Insert clipboard TSV as a new table
Paste as Cell Paste clipboard TSV into cells
Paste Multiline into Cell Paste with newlines converted to <br />
Copy Table Values Copy the entire table as tab-separated values
Copy Cell Values Copy selected cell values as tab-separated values
Clear Cell Values Clear selected cell values
Move Columns Right Move selected column(s) one step to the right
Move Columns Left Move selected column(s) one step to the left
Delete Column Delete the column(s) at cursor or selection
Insert Column Right Insert an empty column to the right of the cursor column
Insert Column Left Insert an empty column to the left of the cursor column

Toggle

Command Shortcut Description
Toggle Checkbox Alt+T Add/remove checklist marker - [ ]
Toggle List Alt+L Add/remove list marker -
Toggle Done Alt+. Toggle - [x] done state
Toggle Heading 1--6 Alt+1--6 Add/remove heading # markers
Toggle Quote Alt+Q / Cmd+Shift+9 Add/remove blockquote > marker
Toggle Highlight Cmd+Shift+M Add/remove highlight on selected text. Removes marker when cursor is inside a span (no selection needed). If selection is partially inside a span, removes the entire span and expands the selection. Normalizes style before toggling if it differs from the setting.

Format

Command Description
Add Line Break Append two trailing spaces (line break marker) to lines
Indent (2-space) Indent by 2 spaces
Unindent (2-space) Unindent by 2 spaces
Convert Indent (2 to 4-space) Re-indent from 2-space units to 4-space units
Convert Indent (4 to 2-space) Re-indent from 4-space units to 2-space units
Tabify (from 4-space) Convert 4-space indents to tabs
Expand Tab (to 4-space) Expand tabs to 4 spaces
Insert Tab Insert a tab character (Alt+V then Tab)

Copy

Command Description
Copy with Quote Marks Copy selected text with > prefix on each line
Copy Plain Text Copy selected text as plain text

Paste

Command Description
Paste as Markdown Link Insert clipboard URL in Markdown link format. Uses selected text as the link title if present, otherwise uses the URL itself
Enable Paste as Markdown Link... Toggle whether Ctrl+V is overridden as the default paste action

Windows only: When a URL is copied from Edge or another browser, Ctrl+V paste widget gains a "Paste as Markdown Link" option that inserts it as a Markdown link with the page title. Not supported on macOS.

Convert

Command Description
TSV to Table Convert TSV text to a Markdown table
List to Tree Convert an indented list to tree format (├── / └──)
Tree to List Convert tree format back to an indented list (4-space)

Convert (Misc)

Workflow-specific conversions. Each pair supports round-trip conversion.

Command Description
Table to List (Two-Column) 2-column table → indented list (column 2 split by <br/>)
List to Table (Two-Column) Indented list → 2-column table (children joined with <br/>). Headers: Key / Value
Table to List (Multi-Column) Multi-column table → indented list (Header : Value format)
List to Table (Multi-Column) Indented list → multi-column table (columns derived from Header : Value entries)

Explorer Check

Right-click a file or folder in the Explorer → Markdown Doc Toolset. Results appear in the Problems panel, which opens automatically when issues are found.

Command Description
Check : Missing Final Newline Detect files that do not end with a newline
Check : Line Endings (non-LF) Detect files containing CR+LF, CR-only, or mixed line endings
Check : Encoding (non-UTF-8) Detect files with a BOM or invalid UTF-8 byte sequences
Check : NBSP (U+00A0) Detect files containing non-breaking spaces (U+00A0)
Check : Non-ASCII Detect files containing characters outside the ASCII range
Check : Broken Links (Markdown) Detect broken file/folder links in .md / .mdx files
Check : NFC Normalization Detect files containing non-NFC characters (e.g., NFD dakuten)
Check : Clear All Issues Clear all check results from the Problems panel

Folder mode: subdirectories are scanned recursively. NBSP / Non-ASCII report the first occurrence per file; all other checks report all occurrences.

Command Description
Normalize Date Prefix Rename yyyymmdd-prefixed files and folders to yyyy-mm-dd- format (Docusaurus standard)

File Path

Command Description
Open in Associated App Open the path at cursor with the OS-associated application
Reveal in Explorer Reveal the path in the file explorer. Files are highlighted in their parent folder; folders are opened directly.

Path detection order: selected text → inside Markdown link (path) → word-like string at cursor. Relative paths are resolved from the current file's directory.

Settings

Setting Default Description
markdownDocToolset.separatorStyle compact Separator row style: padded (\| --- \|) or compact (\|---\|)
markdownDocToolset.autoAlignAfterEdit true Automatically run Table Align after Paste / Clear / Move operations
markdownDocToolset.alignHeaderStyle column Header row alignment: column (follow column setting) / left / center
markdownDocToolset.ambiguousCharWidthGeometric wide Width of Arrows / Math / Box Drawing / Geometric Shapes (U+2190--25FF: ⇔ ← ◎ △ ■ etc.): wide (2) / narrow (1)
markdownDocToolset.ambiguousCharWidthSymbol wide Width of Misc Symbols / Dingbats (U+2600–27BF: ★ ☆ ☀ etc.): wide (2) / narrow (1)

Font configuration guide (set via Table > Ambiguous Char Width...)

Font Geometric (◎△) Symbol (★☆) Preset
MS Gothic 2 (wide) 2 (wide) wide / wide (default)
Ricty / HackGen 2 (wide) 2 (wide) wide / wide (default)
Cica 1 (narrow) 2 (wide) narrow / wide
HackGen Console 1 (narrow) 2 (wide) narrow / wide
UDEV Gothic 1 (narrow) 1 (narrow) narrow / narrow
markdownDocToolset.highlightStyle <mark> Highlight style: <mark> (HTML tag) or == (Markdown syntax)
markdownDocToolset.pasteMarkdownLinkAsDefault false When true, Ctrl+V directly inserts the URL as a Markdown link with page title (Windows only)

Command Reference

To add custom keybindings, use the following command IDs in your keybindings.json.

Command ID Menu Path
markdownDocToolset.tableAlign Table > Align
markdownDocToolset.tablePasteAsTable Table > Paste as Table
markdownDocToolset.tablePasteTsv Table > Paste as Cell
markdownDocToolset.tablePasteMultiline Table > Paste Multiline into Cell
markdownDocToolset.tableCopyTableValues Table > Copy Table Values
markdownDocToolset.tableCopyCellValues Table > Copy Cell Values
markdownDocToolset.tableClearCellValues Table > Clear Cell Values
markdownDocToolset.tableMoveColumnsRight Table > Move Columns Right
markdownDocToolset.tableMoveColumnsLeft Table > Move Columns Left
markdownDocToolset.tableDeleteColumns Table > Delete Column
markdownDocToolset.tableInsertColumnRight Table > Insert Column Right
markdownDocToolset.tableInsertColumnLeft Table > Insert Column Left
markdownDocToolset.toggleCheckbox Toggle > Toggle Checkbox
markdownDocToolset.toggleList Toggle > Toggle List
markdownDocToolset.toggleDone Toggle > Toggle Done
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading1 Toggle > Toggle Heading 1
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading2 Toggle > Toggle Heading 2
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading3 Toggle > Toggle Heading 3
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading4 Toggle > Toggle Heading 4
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading5 Toggle > Toggle Heading 5
markdownDocToolset.toggleHeading6 Toggle > Toggle Heading 6
markdownDocToolset.toggleQuote Toggle > Toggle Quote
markdownDocToolset.toggleHighlight Toggle > Toggle Highlight
markdownDocToolset.highlightStyleSetting Toggle > Highlight Style...
markdownDocToolset.formatAddLineBreak Format > Add Line Break
markdownDocToolset.formatIndent Format > Indent (2-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatUnindent Format > Unindent (2-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatConvertIndent2to4 Format > Convert Indent (2 to 4-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatConvertIndent4to2 Format > Convert Indent (4 to 2-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatTabify Format > Tabify (from 4-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatExpandTab Format > Expand Tab (to 4-space)
markdownDocToolset.formatInsertTab Format > Insert Tab
markdownDocToolset.filePathOpenInApp File Path > Open in Associated App
markdownDocToolset.filePathRevealInExplorer File Path > Reveal in Explorer
markdownDocToolset.copyWithQuoteMarks Copy > Copy with Quote Marks
markdownDocToolset.copyPlainText Copy > Copy Plain Text
markdownDocToolset.convertTsvToTable Convert > TSV to Table
markdownDocToolset.convertListToTree Convert > List to Tree
markdownDocToolset.convertTreeToList Convert > Tree to List
markdownDocToolset.convertTableToListTwoCol Convert (Misc) > Table to List (Two-Column)
markdownDocToolset.convertListToTableTwoCol Convert (Misc) > List to Table (Two-Column)
markdownDocToolset.convertTableToListMultiCol Convert (Misc) > Table to List (Multi-Column)
markdownDocToolset.convertListToTableMultiCol Convert (Misc) > List to Table (Multi-Column)
markdownDocToolset.pasteMarkdownLink Paste > Paste as Markdown Link
markdownDocToolset.pasteMarkdownLinkDefaultSetting Paste > Enable Paste as Markdown Link...
markdownDocToolset.explorerCheckClearAll Explorer > Check : Clear All Issues

Usage

  • Editor commands: Right-click in the editor → Markdown Doc Toolset submenu
  • Explorer commands: Right-click a file or folder → Markdown Doc Toolset submenu

Requirements

  • VSCode 1.108 or later

License

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