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Dummy Holder

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Dummy placeholder image and paragraph generator for frontend developer.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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vscode-dummy-holder

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vscode-dummy-holder can generate placeholder image URL and paragraphs for frontend developers to debug their page layout easier.

CLAIM: Service from Placeholder.com is used to generate image URL. Thanks and support them if you want.

How to use

Call It Out

Press the button to call VSCode command prompt out (F1 in Windows by default). These two commands is for vscode-dummy-holder:

  • Generate Placeholder Image
  • Generate Placeholder Paragraph

Image Placeholder

Just type in your one-line command in any order you want. This extension will analyze it smartly. Command is consisted of:

Attribute Optional? Example
size no 300, 200x300
background color yes, gray by default #ccc, 3f3f3f, green
format yes, png by default png, jpg, gif
text content yes, none by default Hello, world!
text color yes, gray by default #ccc, 3f3f3f, green
use https yes, enabled by default http, https

Here are some examples:

[1] 300x400 #ccc blue hello, world https
-> a 300x400, gray background, https png image link with blue "hello, world" string
[2] 200 green #3f3f3f http jpg
-> a 200x200, #3f3f3f background (hex color prior), http jpg image link with no text (green is text color but text content is none)

Try out your self to discover more.

Paragraph Placeholder

Type in the length of paragraph you want. Type in no / false / n / f if you don't want a multiline one. Here are some examples:

[1] 100
-> a multiline string with length no less than 100
[2] 200f
-> a one-line string with length no less than 200

Extension Settings

This extension contributes one setting:

  • vscode-dummy-holder.copy Copy the generated content (URL or paragraph) to the clipboard. false by default to not override your clipboard.

License

MIT

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