Toggle checkboxes via preview

[Splike]

When I've made my task list, I like to only have the preview open. Would it be possible to implement the ability to click checkboxes in the preview, so the code is updated as well? The source file should save itself upon checking/unchecking via the preview.

[yzhang-gh]

It seems not feasible. Maybe you need a more powerful Markdown editor like Typora or Caret.

[nesl247]

I came to look for this. What is the limitation? I've seen this work in PhpStorm for example.

[yzhang-gh]

It is somehow possible but complicated to implement because of vscode extension APIs.

[nesl247]

Is there an open issue on VSCode for what would make it easier to implement?

[yzhang-gh]

I'm afraid no 😳

Markdown is rendered to HTML and then previewed in a new tab (done by vscode)

What we can contribute now is

• providing some Mardown engine (markdown-it) plugins e.g. markdown-it-task-lists
• providing some stylesheets or scripts

To implement this feature, we need to

• add eventListener to each checkbox, which means we probably need to write a markdown-it plugin to change the output HTML
• communicate with vscode to change the Markdown source code, which I am not sure how to do. Although I know some extensions can do it.

[benthillerkus]

Has the situation changed, 2 years later? I'd love to work through a ToDo-list that way.

[yzhang-gh]

Not feasible as a plugin. But you may be interested in microsoft/vscode#84520.

[Bludator]

Any updates?