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Markdown Preview Right Click

Markdown Preview Right Click

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A VSCode extension that provides Markdown preview with right-click context menu integration using Chrome's rendering engine
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Markdown Preview Right Click

A VSCode extension that provides a side-by-side Markdown preview with right-click context menu integration using Chrome's rendering engine.

Features

  • Real-time Markdown preview in a side panel
  • Uses Chrome's rendering engine for accurate rendering
  • Updates automatically as you type
  • Clean, GitHub-style markdown styling
  • Responsive design that works at different window sizes

Usage

  1. Open a Markdown (.md) file in VSCode
  2. Use one of these methods to open the preview:
    • Click the "Open Preview" button in the editor title menu
    • Use the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and search for "Open Preview"
    • Right-click in the editor and select "Open Preview"

Requirements

  • VSCode 1.85.0 or higher
  • Node.js 14.x or higher
  • npm or yarn

Installation

Method 1: Install from VSIX file

  1. Download the VSIX file from GitHub Releases
  2. Open VS Code
  3. Go to Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X)
  4. Click on the "..." menu in the top-right corner of the Extensions view
  5. Select "Install from VSIX..."
  6. Navigate to the downloaded VSIX file and select it
  7. Restart VS Code if prompted

Method 2: Build from source

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Run npm install to install dependencies
  3. Press F5 to open a new window with the extension loaded
  4. Open a Markdown file and use the "Markdown: Open Preview" command

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • markdown-preview-enhanced.previewOnRight: Show the preview on the right side (default: true)

Known Issues

  • Initial preview load might take a moment as it starts a headless Chrome instance
  • Some complex Markdown extensions might not be fully supported

Release Notes

0.1.0

Initial release with basic Markdown preview functionality

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