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