Links behave unexpectedly in Preview

[humberto-garciacaballero]

Context

I am running the extension in macOS, in case this makes any difference.

Bug description

Clicking on a link to another md file opens the md file in the new Preview, loads the preview but also opens the web browser with a weird URL (https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/PATH_TO_MD_FILE).

Also, clicking on an anchored link (e.g., to a subsection in the same page) does not scroll down to that subsection.

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Reproduction

reproduction.zip

Steps to reproduce

1. Add a link to another page.
2. Open the preview.
3. Click the link.
4. The linked .md file should open, as well as the preview of that linked .md file AND the browser.

Editor

Visual Studio Code

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[squidfunk]

Thanks for reporting! Correct, the link shouldn't open in the browser, only navigate in the editor.

The linked .md file should open, as well as the preview of that linked .md file AND the browser.

The browser shouldn't open, IMHO - Zensical Studio currently has no knowledge whether you're running Zensical and on what port. This is something we can add later, though, if we detect that you're running Zensical. Although quite off to run preview and Zensical at the same time?

[humberto-garciacaballero]

Fully agree, I think the browser shouldn't open at all. When clicking on a link in the Preview, opening the corresponding .md file in the editor plus loading the Preview is more than enough and what I would expect 🙂

[squidfunk]

Fixed link opening in browser in 4cde169.

[squidfunk]

With 672feaf, anchor link navigation is now synchronized in the editor and preview:

anchors.mp4

[humberto-garciacaballero]

Great! That looks perfect!

Thanks for such a quick response!

[squidfunk]

Released as part of Zensical Studio 0.2.1 – update your VS Code extension to get the new mechanics.