This is an sample extension that illustrates the use of virtual documents or TextDocumentContentProviders
together with the vscode.previewHtml
command.
It is not intended as a product quality extension.
The purpose of the extension is to show a preview of the properties in the declaration block of a CSS rule. To play with the extension:
- Open a CSS file
- Use
Show CSS Properties Preview
- Position the cursor inside the declaration block of the rule
- The properties are rendered in the preview
- Edit the properties and the preview is updated
- The extension implements and registers a
TextDocumentContentProvider
for a particular URI scheme. - The content provider creates a HTML document that contains the declaration block of the selected CSS rule in the active editor.
- The generated HTML document contains a link that invokes a contributed command to highlight the CSS rule in the source editor
- The generated HTML document is then opened in an editor in the 2nd Column using the command
vscode.previewHtml
.
npm install
npm run compile
to start the compiler in watch mode- open this folder in VS Code and press
F5