ryanstewart / markdownpreview

Brackets extension for previewing markdown files

Markdown Preview

A Brackets extension that provides a live preview of markdown documents.

Installation

• Download the Zip and unzip it; or clone this repo on GitHub.
• From Brackets, choose Help > Show Extensions Folder. This will open the extensions folder.
• Drag the unzipped (or cloned) folder into the user directory.
• Restart Brackets.

How To Use

When a markdown document (with extension ".md" or ".markdown") is open, a markdown icon is shown in the toolbar at the top of the Brackets window. Click this icon to open the preview panel. The panel can be resized vertically.

The preview is updated as you edit the document. You can hover over links to see the href in a tooltip.

Credits

This extension uses the following open source components:

• Marked - A markdown parser written in JavaScript
• markdown-css-themes - This extension uses the "Swiss" theme
• markdown-mark - The icon used in the toolbar