Support LaTex rendering in markdown preview

[micodo]

Summary

Markdown preview does not render formulas in preview output and does not show any output for formula text.

Description

Formulas like $$E = m \times c^2$$ and $\sqrt{3x-1}+(1+x)^2$ are not rendered or shown in output.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a markdown file with formulas enclosed in $ or $$
2. Open the markdown preview

Expected Behavior:

Formulas are rendered like for instance in GitHub or VSCode:

$$E = m \times c^2$$ is rendered like $$E = m \times c^2$$
$\sqrt{3x-1}+(1+x)^2$ is rendered like $\sqrt{3x-1}+(1+x)^2$.

Actual Behavior:

Formulas are not rendered and their source is also not visible.

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.208.5 (Zed)
OS: macOS 26.0.1
Memory: 24 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

[MrSubidubi]

Thanks for the report!

This will be quite an undertaking, because that would require support for something within GPUI. I think we have an issue somewhere in the extension repo for this, but I'll keep it open here optimistically.

[calaquendiv]

Thanks for the report!

This will be quite an undertaking, because that would require support for something within GPUI. I think we have an issue somewhere in the extension repo for this, but I'll keep it open here optimistically.

Do you have any roadmap to support formulas now pls?
My notes are packed with formulas, yet none of them render right now.
The only workaround I’ve found is to flip on Antigravity with a plugin.

[MrSubidubi]

#44525 is on it's way and might land at some point, however, there is no final decision made yet.

[cossio]

#44525 was closed :(