Show markdown preview

 

 

VS Code has a built-in Markdown preview, so no extension is needed:

• Preview beside the editor (live, side by side): Cmd+K, then V on Mac, or Ctrl+K, then V on Windows/Linux.
• Preview in its own tab: Cmd+Shift+V on Mac, or Ctrl+Shift+V on Windows/Linux.
• With the mouse: click the preview icon (a split pane with a magnifying glass) at the top-right of the editor tab.
• From the Command Palette: press Cmd+Shift+P and run Markdown: Open Preview to the Side.

A few useful extras:

• The side-by-side preview scrolls along with the editor. You can turn this on or off with the setting markdown.preview.scrollPreviewWithEditor.
• Double-clicking in the preview jumps to that line in the source.
• For Mermaid diagrams, GitHub-style alerts, or other extended syntax, install Markdown Preview Enhanced or Markdown Preview Mermaid Support.