Visual Studio Code is a powerful source code editor that has a built-in feature to integrate markdown into your source code. The tool is great for writing blogs, tutorials, and articles as it supports all the markdown syntax you will need. Let’s take a look at the top 5 features of the VSCode Markdown tool.
1. Preview
The editor comes with a built-in preview window that shows a live preview of the formatted Markdown file. This means as you type, the preview updates automatically to show what your finished article will look like when saved in HTML format. The editor also lets you switch between 3 different viewing modes using their respective hotkeys (Ctrl + Shift + V, Ctrl + K V, or F1).
2. Full Screen Viewing Mode
The full screen mode is similar to how most word processors allow you to view your document in full-screen mode where only the text is displayed in the center of the screen without any distractions. This feature can be extremely helpful when writing long documents like books or articles with many sections and subsections. You can also customize this mode by changing its font size, line width, and custom stylesheets if needed.
3. Table of Contents Support
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VSCode is a free source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. Extensions are add-ons that allow you to further customise and enhance your experience in Visual Studio Code.
Microsoft make a markdown extension for VSCode that allows you to write markdown with easy shortcuts and nice formatting automatically as you type.
I really like using the extension and it has some really cool features I’d like to share. Let’s get into my top 5 favourite features of the VSCode Markdown Tool:
In my last blog post I mentioned that I am a fan of the VSCode markdown tool and showed how I was using it to write this blog. In this post, I want to go into more detail about the tool and highlight some of its top features.
The first thing that stands out is the variety of different ways you can view your markdown text. You can preview in both vertical and side-by-side views, as well as full-screen mode. The side-by-side view is probably the best for writing since you can see the markdown text on one side and the rendered product on the other.
The second feature that stands out is the ability to customize how the text appears in each of these different views. For example, you can choose between light and dark themes for background colors, specify which fonts are used in each view, and adjust where line breaks appear between sections of your content.
The Markdown Preview Enhanced extension for VSCode is a great way to write markdown. It’s easy to use, comes with a lot of features, and it’s open-source. In this blog we will look at the top 5 features of the extension.
VSCode has become my text editor of choice. It’s fast, and the built-in package manager, Git support, and Markdown support make it perfect for my needs.
The following are the top 5 features I use with VSCode Markdown:
1. Table of Contents (TOC) – The table of contents is automatically generated when you have multiple headers in your document. This makes it easy to add a link to a specific section of your document in another article or blog post as well as easily navigate between sections in your document.
2. Lists and Task Lists – List items are automatically numbered when you hit enter after typing 1., 1., or * which allows you to reorganize your list items with ease. Task lists are similar but they allow you to toggle the checkbox on each task item.
3. Snippets – Snippets allow you to type an abbreviation and then expand it by hitting tab or enter into a predefined block of text. This can be anything from your company email address to an embedded YouTube video or custom HTML/CSS/Javascript code blocks for testing purposes.
4. Preview – The preview window allows you to see how your markdown will look before saving the file or publishing it on