render targets in _quarto.yml not used

[iusgit]

Hi,

I wrote an extension and I'am using it with a special format notion in the _quarto.yml file:

project:
  type: book
  # output-dir: rendered_docs

lang: de-DE

book:
  title: "Title"
  author: "Author"
  date-format: DD.MM.YYYY
  chapters:
    - index.qmd
    - content/Chapter_01.qmd
    - content/References.qmd
  appendices: 
    - content/Appendix_01.qmd

bibliography: resources/literature/references.bib

format:
  extension-html: default
  extension-docx: default
  extension-pdf: default

editor: 
  render-on-save: true

When I either save one of the chapter documents or use the render shortcuts

the definition in the _quarto.yml isn't used but the default --to docx,html,pdf targets.

Is this by design?
Can I configure quarto-vscode to use by default the targets in the _quarto.yml file?

Thanks,
Maarten

[jjallaire]

Unfortunately these menus don't currently dynamically populate (VS Code extensions aren't able to do that). The best way to switch formats right now is to change the order of the format key.

[iusgit]

Unfortunately these menus don't currently dynamically populate (VS Code extensions aren't able to do that). The best way to switch formats right now is to change the order of the format key.

I'm not sure that I understood the recommendation. Could you give a short example?

Thanks!

[jjallaire]

Okay now I'm more clear on this. No, those buttons/menus aren't actually dynamic (they are declared as part of the extension and can't change based on the active project). I think your best bet is to "go manual" and just run quarto preview from the command line e.g. quarto preview --to extension-pdf