Markdown Toolbar & Shortcuts

Markdown Toolbar & Shortcuts adds fast Markdown formatting actions to VS Code with a title-bar toolbar, keyboard shortcuts, and a cleaner right-click menu.

Toolbar actions in a Markdown editor.

Additional toolbar and formatting workflow view.

Minimal main context menu with the expanded More submenu.

Features

• Editor title toolbar for common Markdown formatting actions.
• Minimal right-click context menu with Bold, Italic, Link, and More.
• Expanded More submenu for headings, lists, math, tables, code blocks, and utilities.
• Keyboard shortcut support for direct formatting and Ctrl+M command chords.
• Toggle-aware inline formatting, line-based transforms, and section number updates.
• Dedicated utilities to renumber section headings and ordered lists.

Context Menu

The main right-click menu stays intentionally short:

• Bold
• Italic
• Link
• More

The More submenu includes:

• Open Codex Sidebar
• Strikethrough
• Inline Code
• Link
• Image
• Heading 1
• Heading 2
• Heading 3
• Quote
• Unordered List
• Ordered List
• Task List (Unchecked)
• Task List (Checked)
• Code Block
• Table
• Inline Math
• Block Math
• Horizontal Rule
• Update Section Numbers
• Update List Numbers

Keyboard Shortcuts

All shortcuts are active only while editing Markdown files.

Shortcut	Command
Ctrl+B	Bold
Ctrl+I	Italic
Ctrl+K	Link
Ctrl+M Ctrl+B	Bold
Ctrl+M Ctrl+I	Italic
Ctrl+M Ctrl+C	Inline Code
Ctrl+M Ctrl+S	Strikethrough
Ctrl+M Ctrl+1	Heading 1
Ctrl+M Ctrl+2	Heading 2
Ctrl+M Ctrl+3	Heading 3
Ctrl+M Ctrl+Q	Quote
Ctrl+M Ctrl+U	Unordered List
Ctrl+M Ctrl+O	Ordered List
Ctrl+M Ctrl+X	Task List (Unchecked)
Ctrl+M Ctrl+Shift+X	Task List (Checked)
Ctrl+M Ctrl+L	Link
Ctrl+M Ctrl+G	Image
Ctrl+M Ctrl+M	Inline Math
Ctrl+M Ctrl+Shift+M	Block Math
Ctrl+M Ctrl+K	Code Block
Ctrl+M Ctrl+T	Table
Ctrl+M Ctrl+H	Horizontal Rule
Ctrl+M Ctrl+N	Update Section Numbers
Ctrl+M Ctrl+Shift+N	Update List Numbers
Ctrl+M Ctrl+P	Preview to Side

Behavior

• Inline commands wrap selected text and toggle off when the selection is already formatted.
• Line-based commands apply to each selected line.
• Update Section Numbers renumbers H1-H3 headings for the current selection, or for the whole file when nothing is selected.
• Update List Numbers renumbers ordered lists for the current selection, or for the whole file when nothing is selected.
• Fenced code blocks are preserved during section renumbering.

Release Notes

v1.0.0

• Initial release on the VS Code Marketplace.

See CHANGELOG.md for the full release history.

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