How can I view Markdown text inside Visual Studio?
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What can I do with markup files (.mkd) inside Visual Studio? I am looking for a way to display the Markdown comments / instructions in some collective manner.
C# Solutions
Solution 1 - C#
The accepted answer is five years old, and the respective extension supports only up to Visual Studio 2015. Today, for Visual Studio 2019 and below, I would recommend Markdown Editor by Mads Kristensen. It has over 400K installs, supports GitHub and other flavors, live preview window, automatic HTML file generation, and much more. Works with both file extensions .md and .mkd..
You can also use Visual Studio Code instead of Visual Studio, then you have excellent markdown support with live preview built-in. There is an extension Markdown Preview Github Styling. For even more functionality, another great extension is Markdown All In One.
Solution 2 - C#
Maybe you can use the extension Markdown Mode
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/0855e23e-4c4c-4c82-8b39-24ab5c5a7f79
Solution 3 - C#
Web Essentials is a great plug-in if you want to see Markdown files inside of Visual Studio. It has an editor with live preview for Markdown.
Also it includes several other features for web development (most of them are integrated directly into Visual Studio with the next release).
Solution 4 - C#
With VScode one can open a preview tab with:
Open Preview (Ctrl+Shift+V) or Open Preview to the Side command (Ctrl+K V).