Install

Installation and basic settings

Requirements

• LaTeX distribution in system PATH. For example, TeX Live.
• Please note MikTeX does not ship with SyncTeX. Please use built-in synctex functionality.
• latexmk is required for the default recipe for building LaTeX projects to work. Alternatively, you can set up your own LaTeX recipe.
• Optional: Install ChkTeX to lint LaTeX projects.
• Optional: Install latexindent.pl for formatting support if it is not provided by your LaTeX distribution.

Installation

Installing LaTeX Workshop is simple. You can find it in Visual Studio Code Marketplace, or simply run ext install latex-workshop in VS Code Quick Open (ctrl/cmd + P).

Usage

• Open a .tex file, right click to build, SyncTeX, or show all features.
• For a complete list, select LaTeX Workshop Actions entry.
• For reverse SyncTeX from PDF to LaTeX, ctrl/cmd + left mouse click in the PDF.
• Alternatively, VS Code commands are provided in VS Code Command Palette (ctrl/cmd + shift + P).
• Type latex workshop to show all related commands.
• To view an arbitrary PDF file, just click on the file in the explorer.

Using Docker

Starting with release 5.3.0, there is an experimental implementation on Docker support following the idea of @Arxisos. You can set latex-workshop.docker.enabled to true to use tianon/latex. It is advised that the image is 'pre-'pulled.

@Arxisos created snippets for LaTeX binaries in docker, and @lippertmarkus had another short description on how to use Docker with LaTeX Workshop.